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  • Carl Davis
    Carl Davis
    Research Director
    January 25, 2017

    47 Years Later, Alaska Considers Playing Catch-Up with its Motor Fuel Tax

    Alaska Gov. Bill Walker recently proposed tripling the gasoline and diesel tax rates paid by Alaska motorists to generate funding for the state’s infrastructure. In a different state, tripling the motor fuel tax might be a radical policy change. But Alaska’s tax has not been updated since 1970 and because of those 47 years of […]
  • Lisa Christensen Gee
    Lisa Christensen Gee
    Director of Special Initiatives
    January 18, 2017

    Kansas State of the State: Worlds Apart

    Back in December, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback gave an interview with the Wall Street Journal and suggested President-elect Trump should follow his state’s example and cut taxes as well as spending. The sheer gall of the suggestion belies the fact that Kansas’s tax cuts have resulted in credit downgrades, lack of adequate funding for essential […]

  • January 18, 2017

    State Rundown 1/18: Revenue Woes Piling Up Faster Than Solutions

    This week we continue to track revenue shortfalls, governors’ budget proposals, and other tax news around the country, finding most proposals to be focused on slashing taxes and reducing public investments despite public opinion and economic research showing the benefits of well-funded state services and progressive tax policies. — Meg Wiehe, ITEP State Policy Director, […]

  • January 11, 2017

    State Rundown 1/11: State Legislative Sessions Kick Off Amid Uncertainty

    This week brings still more states looking for solutions to revenue shortfalls, multiple governors’ State of The State addresses, important reading on counter-transparency and local-preemption efforts, and more.  — Meg Wiehe, ITEP State Policy Director, @megwiehe A Nebraska legislator this week diagnosed the state’s $900 million revenue shortfall in plain terms, describing it as “self-inflicted […]

  • January 4, 2017

    State Rundown 1/4: Revenue Shortfalls, Gas Tax Changes Dominate Early Debates

    This week we bring you updates on major revenue shortfalls looming in Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, as well as gas tax changes taking effect in some states and being debated in others. — Meg Wiehe, ITEP State Policy Director, @megwiehe Oklahoma lawmakers are weighing options to close the state’s $870 million shortfall. Up for discussion are […]
  • Aidan Davis
    Aidan Davis
    State Policy Director
    August 3, 2016

    Fiscal Policy Shake-up Comes to Energy States

    The sharp decline in oil prices since summer 2014 has allowed consumers to save hundreds of dollars annually at the pump, but it also has left some energy producing states clamoring to come up with policy ideas to make up for lost revenue.
  • Dylan Grundman O
    Dylan Grundman O'Neill
    Senior Analyst
    June 24, 2016

    Weird New Jersey Tax Debates Continue

    The New Jersey Legislature is considering a proposal to increase the state’s gas tax but at the same time some lawmakers are insisting that that tax increase be paired with tax cuts for the wealthiest New Jerseyans. Perhaps most bizarre is that the state is considering providing a tax cut for retirement and pension income (a move that would benefit the best-off state residents) while also weighing cuts to the revenue that funds state pensions.

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