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States continue to take action to solve transportation funding crises

10 Mar 2015 | Posted by Teddy Lederer | 0 Comments | georgia, Governor Branstad, Governor Inslee, Iowa, north carolina, state funding, State Funding Series, state legislation, utah, washington

This year started with a transportation bang for many states across the country. In the last few weeks, four states in particular have made major strides in funding transportation and infrastructure projects as gas prices continue to remain low.

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Governors step out in favor of raising transportation revenue

28 Jan 2015 | Posted by Teddy Lederer | 2 Comments | Connecticut, georgia, governing, Governor Branstad, Governor Daugaard, Governor Dayton, Governor Deal, Governor Haley, Governor Inslee, Governor Malloy, Governor Otter, Governor Snyder, Idaho, Iowa, michigan, minnesota, South Carolina, South Dakota, State of the State, washington

States across the country are facing huge deficits in their own transportation budgets — a problem compounded by the uncertainty over the support they’ve always received from the federal transportation fund, which is now just months away from insolvency. However, over the last month or so, at least nine governors have highlighted plans to raise new state transportation revenues in their State of the State addresses, marking the issue as a top priority.

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