Governor Whitmer Proposes 45-cent Gas Tax Increase In Budget

On Tuesday, March 5, Governor Whitmer made her first budget presentation to the state legislature. During her presentation, she boldly proposed increasing the gas tax to 45-cents per gallon in an effort to raise the more than $2.5 billion needed annually to stop the...

Analysis of Obama’s FY 2011 Transportation Budget Proposal

The Obama Administration’s FY 2011 budget proposal is largely a stay the course plan—at least in the short-term—for the federal transportation programs.  The February 1 document includes basically status quo levels of investment for the federal highway, transit...