(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—How to develop and lead a successful campaign to boost transportation investment at the state or local level will be the focus of a national workshop to be held by the Transportation [...]
Business leaders in Santa Clara County, California have decided to wait until 2016 to move forward on a ballot initiative campaign to increase the county sales tax for transportation investment. The proposed sales [...]
Last week Massachusetts State Treasurer and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stephen Grossman recommended an Internet sales tax to generate $250 million in annual revenue for transportation infrastructure projects throughout the state. According to the [...]
The Iowa Transportation Commission approved a $2.7 billion, five-year road construction program on Tuesday. With a major focus of $1.2 billion on highway maintenance and improvements, the program also includes spending on aviation, [...]
Lawmakers Defer to Voters on Tax, Budget Issues Written by Elaine S. Povich, Staff Writer, for Stateline, the daily news service of The Pew Charitable Trusts. June 11, 2014 Many state legislatures have sent contentious [...]
Last week the Rhode Island House Finance Committee approved a plan to create a $28 million transportation infrastructure fund. Beginning July 1, the proposed budget will divert money from the state’s general fund, [...]
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has moved up a transportation sales tax ballot measure from its originally scheduled November 2014 election to this August. The measure proposes a three-fourths-cents state sales tax increase in order [...]
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has announced yesterday that he will halt an increase in the state’s motor fuel tax that was scheduled to go into effect on July 1. Since January, gas prices [...]
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is considering options for the upcoming 2015-2017 budget request that will provide a long-term solution to the state’s transportation funding shortfall. Currently the department is projecting a shortfall [...]
On Monday Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed the FY 2015 Transportation Bill, which contains $685.7 million in transportation infrastructure funding. This represents the largest investment ever made in the state’s transportation infrastructure. Strategic [...]
