Jul 18, 2014 | Legislative
On Tuesday, July 15, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014. H.R. 5021 passed the House by a 367 to 55 vote. Every House member from Michigan voted in favor of the bill, with the exception of Congressman Justin...
Apr 4, 2014 | Legislative
Speaker of the House Jase Bolger revealed a new plan to raise much needed revenue for the state’s infrastructure system at a press conference yesterday afternoon. The Speaker’s plan proposes taking the portion of the sales tax that currently goes to the General Fund,...
Oct 29, 2013 | Legislative
This November, members have an opportunity to attend transportation town halls on both sides of the state. These town halls are an excellent and valuable opportunity for members to see and meet their legislators in a public forum and to ask them outright to support...
May 24, 2013 | Legislative
The state’s revenue estimating conference concluded last week that there was an extra $483 million more than anticipated coming out of the current fiscal year. Much debate on where to best utilize the extra revenues has occurred, and the three Republican leaders:...
Apr 24, 2013 | Legislative
As the legislature continues to debate the various plans to address the road funding issue, individual legislators still want to hear from their local communities. A handful of legislators have scheduled transportation town hall meetings for the end of April/beginning...
