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Voters in two states consider measures to restrict funding to transportation uses

22 Oct 2014 | Posted by Teddy Lederer | 5 Comments | ballot measures, Capital Ideas, Fred Risser, funding, Greater Greater Washington, lockbox, maryland, Question 1, state funding, transportation vote 2014, Wisconsin

Facing the uncertainty of stable federal transportation funding and often unwilling to raise their own taxes to fund transportation, some states have seized upon the idea of protecting their transportation revenues for transportation uses. On Nov. 4, Maryland and Wisconsin voters will be deciding on similar measures that would put transportation funds into protected accounts that can’t be appropriated for non-transportation uses.

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