Can States Tax Gas Stations on Tribal Lands? — The Yakama Nation and Washington state have been fighting over governance issues ever since the tribe signed its 1855 treaty with the federal government. Recently, those fights have involved fees on cigarettes and rules for logging trucks. But the biggest dispute over the years has been about […]
About Nadine Westcott
This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Nadine Westcott contributed a whooping 179 entries.
Entries by Nadine Westcott
Senate Passes THUD Bill As Part Of Minibus Funding Package — The U.S. Senate voted to approve a more than $154 billion “minibus” funding bill – H.R. 6147 – on Aug. 1 by a vote of 92 to 6; a bill that wrapped together four separate spending bills into a single package, including the fiscal year 2019 Transportation, […]
Koch Brothers-Linked Group Declares New War on Unions — Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that millions of public sector workers can stop paying union fees, a group tied to Republican billionaires long opposed to organized labor and its support of the Democratic Party has pledged to build on the landmark ruling to further marginalize employee representation. — Josh […]
Texas cities want millennials living downtown. So why does the state keep building highways to the suburbs? — As the neighborhoods in and around downtown Dallas redeveloped in recent decades, they became hotbeds for millennials who, more than their parents did, rely on everything from walking and shared bikes to light-rail trains and ride-hailing apps to get […]
Engineers Give Kansas A ‘C’ For Infrastructure, But Roads Barely Pass — Kansas received a passing grade for its highways earlier this week when the state’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers released its latest “infrastructure report card.” However, the engineers also warned that sweeping cuts to Kansas Department of Transportation funding are still causing […]
Gas tax repeal will go before California voters in November — California voters will decide this fall whether to overturn a recent increase to state gasoline and diesel taxes that has raised billions of dollars for road repairs and other transportation projects. Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that an initiative to repeal the tax hikes, as well as […]
Transportation advocates to regroup after amendment failure — Local transportation advocates are disappointed the Minnesota Legislature didn’t sign off on a constitutional amendment to dedicate auto parts sales and repair taxes toward fixing roads and bridges. The amendment would have meant about $250 million in auto-parts sales taxes would be set aside for transportation projects each year. […]
Over Half of Highway Contractors Experience Work Zone Crashes, AGC Survey Finds — A national surveywork zone crashes — A of 550 highway contractors conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America found that 54 percent of them said motor vehicles crashed into their construction work zones during the past year. On top of that, 48 percent of contractors […]
Federal infrastructure plan could borrow from Southern Nevada — Federal lawmakers could follow Southern Nevada’s lead in implementing a fuel revenue indexing tax to help fund infrastructure projects, including an extension of Interstate 11 from Hoover Dam to Phoenix, the chairman of the House Transportation Committee said Tuesday. Without providing specifics, Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., said […]
Trump’s infrastructure plan hits a dead end — President Trump’s legislative framework for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s infrastructure appears all but dead in Congress. Lawmakers are focused on other legislative matters, and Democrats say the latest “infrastructure week” that started Sunday has done little to reinvigorate the president’s plan. — Mallory Shelbourne for The Hill […]