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Michigan Transportation Funding Bills Advance Through House Committees
A package of bills that would provide more than $400 million for infrastructure funding advanced through two committees in the Michigan House yesterday. The House Tax Policy Committee approved legislation that would shift an estimated $370 million in sales and use tax revenues from the [...]
Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee Passes Bill to Establish Infrastructure Fund, Revoke Bridge Tolls
Yesterday the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee unanimously endorsed 2014 – S 2335, a bill to establish a statewide transportation infrastructure fund and block tolls on the Sakonnet Bridge. The act would redirect state funds to repair and maintain Rhode Island’s roads and bridges, as [...]
San Francisco Unveils “Transportation 2030”
Yesterday, the City and County of San Francisco launched the website “Transportation 2030” to promote a strategic infrastructure investment plan. The website includes a detailed report on three measures that the city is proposing to solve its transportation infrastructure shortfall. The measures are: A $500 [...]
California Senator Introduces Bill to Test VMT Tax
The California Legislature is considering a voluntary program that would assess a possible vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax in the state. Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) introduced the bill in response to a decline in revenues from the current gas tax. The program, modeled after similar [...]
Missouri Senate Approves New Version of Transportation Sales Tax Bill
The Missouri Senate passed a revised transportation sales tax increase bill yesterday with a roll call vote of 22 to 10. However, the Senate lowered the penny sales tax proposal to a sales tax of three-fourths-cent-per-gallon. Over a ten-year period, the original one-cent-per-gallon sales tax [...]
Missouri Senate Expected to Debate Transportation Sales Tax Today
The Missouri state Senate will likely begin debate today on a 10-year, penny sales tax measure to fund transportation projects throughout the state. The proposal previously passed in the Missouri House in April. If the bill passes in the Senate, then Missouri voters will vote [...]
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