transportation fund in the United States
Alex Brill assesses the likely impact of a federal gas tax holiday. Legislative interest in suspending the federal gas tax in response to high fuel prices gained support recently when…
Eric Revell writes for Fox Business about an alternative to the gas tax. The leader of a trade group that represents most major automakers called on the federal government to…
In 2022, Governor Cooper issued an executive order to raise the number of registered zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in the state to 1.25 million by 2030. ZEVs include electric vehicles (EVs)…
Brittany Bernstein of National Review Online reports on D.C. Democrats’ disappointing response to Americans’ real inflation woes. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that a federal gas tax holiday is…
The infrastructure bill (H.R. 3684), passed by the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support on August 10, expands government power, puts America into more debt and sets the stage for a dangerous $3.5…
If you watched last week’s Shaftesbury Society meeting, you heard Cato Institute transportation expert Randal O’Toole’s recommendation that North Carolina rely more on user fees to meet its transportation needs.…
The current version of Senate Bill 717 would add a Taxpayer Bill of Rights to the state constitution and provide two conforming amendments to carry it out. You can compare…
The Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund pay the transportation needs of North Carolina. For most of their existence, these funds also transferred money to the General Fund and paid…
Let’s just be really clear about the Build NC Bonds proposal to borrow $3 billion for roads making its way, in different forms, through the North Carolina House and Senate:…
The Build NC Bond Act of 2018 will add $3 billion in state debt for transportation projects. Disregarding multiple warnings from state Treasurer Dale Folwell, the legislation has gone through…
The proposed Build NC debt for road construction is not a General Obligation bond, which would require a vote of the people to pledge the full faith and credit of…
Each February, the State Treasurer’s Debt Affordability Advisory Committee preempts the hopefulness of Groundhog Day with the publication of the annual Debt Affordability Study, the committee’s reminder that state government…