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South Carolina legislature overrides governor’s veto to increase state gas tax

17 May 2017 | Posted by Dan Levine | 1 Comment | gas tax, South Carolina, state funding, state funding & policy, transportation funding

Last week the South Carolina legislature voted to override a veto from the governor to successfully raise the state’s gas tax and other fees to increase funding for state highway projects. South Carolina is the 29th state to raise new transportation revenues since 2012.

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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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