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Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts follow the trend: voters support transportation revenue increases

17 Sep 2014 | Posted by Teddy Lederer | 0 Comments | gas tax, massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pat Brennan, State Funding Series, States, transportation funding, Vermont

As voters have been proving over and over during primary season this year, raising taxes or fees for transportation isn’t a political death sentence – no matter the party or political affiliation. In the past two weeks, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire’s state legislators faced their first primary since voting to pass bills to raise additional revenue for much needed transportation and infrastructure projects.

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In state elections, voters decline to punish pols for raising transportation taxes

11 Jun 2014 | Posted by Teddy Lederer | 1 Comment | Barry Schoch, Beverly Sherwood, Erin Molchany, gas tax, highway trust fund, J.P Miranda, James Clay, Joe T. May, Leanna Washington, MAP-21, Mark Dudenhefer, maryland, massachusetts, Michael Fleck, Michael Watson, New Hampshire, pennsylvania, Vermont, virginia, Wyoming

Raising the gas tax is a political death sentence, right? Well, not necessarily. In at least two states where legislators raised gas taxes or other fees in the last two years, voters have responded by sending almost all of the supportive members of both parties back to their state houses. Could it be that voters are more supportive of raising revenue than we think?

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