Our review of state legislatures shows that as of February 26, 14 states legislatures are currently considering bills to increase funding for state transportation programs. In November, voters in Texas will have an [...]
This successful sales tax referendum campaign passed in Orange County, North Carolina with 59 percent support in the 2012 election. The one-half cent local sales and use tax for transportation referendum raised Orange [...]
PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI: “Street Sales Tax” (2013) Case Study – Platte County – 2013
This victorious local government campaign to increase the gasoline tax in Leon County, Florida was implemented in September 2013. The Leon County Commission passed this five-cents-per-gallon gasoline tax increase in 2013, where only [...]
This unsuccessful ballot initiative campaign in Memphis, Tennessee failed to pass a new one-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax referendum. In 2012, the Memphis City Council passed legislation to allow Memphis voters to confirm the one-cent-per-gallon [...]
This ballot referendum campaign in Alameda, California failed in the November 2012 election by roughly 700 votes. The ballot measure received 66.53 percent of the vote, thus failing to secure 66.67 percent of [...]
This unsuccessful ballot initiative campaign to increase transportation funding was narrowly defeated by a 1.88 margin in the 2010 election. The plan would have increased Richland County’s general sales tax from seven cents [...]
