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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
May 23: Minnesota Transportation Funding Package Fails to Advance
Unable to reach a compromise, Minnesota lawmakers adjourned at midnight on May 23 without making progress on legislation to provide needed funding for the state’s transportation infrastructure. With only hours left in the 2016 legislative session— after months of debate going back to the 2015 [...]
May 16: Minnesota Governor Offers Two Transportation Funding Compromises
Facing a May 23 deadline to pass legislation, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) May 16 proposed two compromise plans to increase transportation funding. One proposal includes a 5 cents-per-gallon gas tax increase and an increase in license fees, while the second plan would eliminate the [...]
May 13: Minnesota Transportation Funding Proposals Face Legislative Deadline
With the 2016 regular legislative session ending on May 23, Minnesota lawmakers entered into a conference committee on May 6 to negotiate a transportation funding compromise. While Democrats consented to lowering their proposed gas tax increase from 16 cents-per-gallon to 12 cents-per-gallon, Republicans agreed to [...]
May 6 Weekly Roundup: State Transportation Funding Legislation
A Missouri bill allowing voters to consider a state gas tax increase in the Nov. 8 General Election is facing a May 13 legislative deadline. The measure is before the Select Committee on State and Local Governments, following May 4 approval by the House Transportation [...]
April 26: Transportation Funding Roundup
One state calculates the impact of a 2015 transportation funding increase, two states feel the pinch of transportation funding shortfalls, and leaders in three states look to increase the state gasoline tax. *** Preliminary results from an independent study suggest that Georgia’s 2015 legislative action [...]
April 14: Minnesota Leaders Push for Long-Term Transportation Funding Increase
Minnesota leaders this week highlighted the state’s critical need for increased transportation funding: County officials told the state legislature on April 11 that they have done all they can to raise local transportation funds, and that new revenue is needed from St. Paul. Read More. [...]
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