Seattle, WA
Released by Kirotv
State lawmakers have agreed to allow voters to decide whether to approve a $15 billion expansion of Sound Transit…
More info at http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/lawmakers-approve-light-rail-expansion/nmqSk/
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Editorial: Send transit/road tax to the voters this year
Salt Lake City, UT
Released by The Salt Lake Tribune
How bad are the potholes in your neighborhood? How jammed is your commute? How hard is it to find a bus or train that runs often enough or late enough? These are the rubber-meets-the-road questions that make a tax increase inevitable…
More info at http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/2683101-155/editorial-send-transitroad-tax-to-the
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Construction, transit groups fund Phoenix transit tax campaign
Phoenix, AZ
Released by AZ Central
Construction companies, engineering firms and transit service providers are the biggest early supporters of the Proposition 104 campaign to expand Phoenix transportation, while the group fighting the proposed tax increase still seeks major funding…
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Sound Transit to send third major ballot measure to voters in November 2016
Seattle, WA
Released by Tukwila Reporter
Sound Transit will move forward with sending a Sound Transit 3 ballot measure to regional voters in November 2016, following Wednesday's adoption by the Legislature of a transportation package with the full ST3 revenue authority requested by the Sound Transit Board and supported by Gov. Jay Inslee…
More info at http://www.tukwilareporter.com/news/311305611.html
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Utah cities want higher tax for transportation, ask counties to put it on the ballot
Released by The Salt Lake Tribune
Across the Wasatch Front on Tuesday, mayors crowded into meetings with county leaders to urge them to put a proposed sales-tax increase for transportation on the ballot this year…
More info at http://www.sltrib.com/home/2682059-155/cities-ask-for-county-elections-this
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Results of transit tax plebiscite will be announced Thursday morning
Vancouver, CAN
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VANCOUVER — Results of the controversial Metro Vancouver transportation and transit plebiscite will be released Thursday…
More info at http://www.theprovince.com/news/Results+transit+plebiscite+will+announced+Thursday+morning/11178882/story.html
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86 Utah cities pushing for 1/4-cent sales tax increases
Released by Desert News
SALT LAKE CITY — An army of Wasatch Front mayors banded together Tuesday, urging county leaders to allow voters to consider a sales tax increase that would help pay for local transportation needs…
More info at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865631735/86-Utah-cities-pushing-for-14-cent-sales-tax-increases.html
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‘Move Seattle’ transportation levy: After City Council sent it to the ballot, 4-month campaign begins
Seattle, WA
Released by West Seattle Blog
Now that the City Council has taken final action to send the “Move Seattle” transportation levy to the November 3rd ballot – you’re going to hear a lot about it over the next four months. We noticed early today that SDOT has a new round of infosheets…
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Smyth: TransLink kept news under wraps until plebiscite voting was over
Vancouver, CAN
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Elections B.C. had hoped to release the result of the Metro Vancouver transit-tax plebiscite by the end of June, but they were still counting votes on Monday morning…
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Six states increasing gas taxes on July 1
Released by The Hill
Six states are scheduled to increase their gas taxes on July 1 to help pay for transportation projects, according to the Citizens for Tax Justice and Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)…
More info at http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/246464-six-states-increasing-gas-taxes-on-july-1