One Size Does Not Fit All
The road funding package agreed to and passed by the House and Senate late last night during the final day of the legislature’s lame duck session is essentially a three-step process. Step One – Legislature Approves Ballot Proposal Raise rates on sales & use… Continue Reading “Michigan’s Road Funding Agreement – The Breakdown”
Michigan Senate Plan Michigan Senate road funding proposal (HB 5477) would: Replaces Michigan’s 19 cent per gallon retail tax on motor fuel and 15 cent per gallon tax on diesel fuel with a wholesale tax on motor fuel. The new wholesale tax would be… Continue Reading “Michigan’s Competing Road Funding Proposals”
From MIRS, 11/13/2014, http://www.mirsnews.com After months of indecision, the state Senate today pushed through a bill that would raise the gas tax to a new wholesale level of 15.5 percent by 2018 in the hopes of siphoning more than $1 billion in extra funding… Continue Reading “From MIRS: Long-Awaited Transportation Package Squeaks Through Senate”