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New transportation sales tax could get two-thirds support in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County, CA Released by Santa Cruz Sentinel More than two-thirds of Santa Clara County voters would support a 30-year half-cent transportation sales tax on the November 2016 ballot [...]
Utah lawmakers talk of shifting transportation funds to schools or other needs
Released by The Salt Lake Tribune Transportation projects may be hogging more than their fair share of state sales-tax money, so legislators discussed Wednesday how to shift money to other [...]
Wake County Commissioners flout state, invest in schools
Wake County, NC Released by Indy Week In other legislative news, the state Senate took a break from hating on the queers and telling chicks what to do with their [...]
Getting transit right is more important than just getting it at all
Atlanta, GA Released by AJC As Georgia takes baby steps toward embracing mass transit, the binary options of pro-transit and anti-transit aren’t going to be enough, if they ever were. [...]
Road, Rail Advocates Both Like Tampa Sales Tax Proposal
Hillsborough County, FL Released by Next City Officials in Hillsborough County, Florida, are optimistic about the prospects for a one-half-cent sales tax increase for transportation they intend to submit for [...]
Editorial: Transit tax hike will need widespread support
Released by The Salt Lake Tribune The Utah Transit Authority is in serious danger of being stuck on a fiscal roundabout. The rest of us would be trapped with it... [...]
Tax watchdog wants referendum before Calgary and other Alberta cities granted new taxation powers
Calgary, CAN Released by Calgary Sun Residents should get a say before big cities are given any taxation powers by the province, says the Canadian Taxpayers Federation... More info at [...]
Massie: No highway money for mass transit
Released by Cincinnati.com At a recent House Rules committee hearing, one of my colleagues from New York declared that the potholes in her district are so bad, “you can lose [...]