April 5, 2016

CNBC: Pothole season brings little new funding to fix them

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Other states, including Indiana, South Carolina and West Virginia, have considered similar moves. But so far, those measures haven’t gotten very far, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax research group.
“Legislators in all three states embraced partial solutions or punted entirely, preferring short-term fixes at the expense of other budget priorities,” Sebastian Johnson, a policy analyst with ITEP, wrote in a recent blog post.

“Other states, including Indiana, South Carolina and West Virginia, have considered similar moves. But so far, those measures haven’t gotten very far, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a tax research group.

“Legislators in all three states embraced partial solutions or punted entirely, preferring short-term fixes at the expense of other budget priorities,” Sebastian Johnson, a policy analyst with ITEP, wrote in a recent blog post.”

 

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