6 Republican Governors Broke No New tax Pledge for Transportation

With federal transportation funding overhauled stalled, many states this year raised taxes for transportation including:

• Georgia (Republican Gov.)
• Idaho (Republican Gov.)
• Iowa (Republican Gov.)
• Kentucky 
•  Nebraska
• North Carolina (Republican Gov.)
• South Dakota (Republican Gov.)
•  Utah (Republican Gov.)

What coalitions supported these tax increases? The peope trying to get to work.

• business community
•  the transportation industry
• ordinary taxpayers
• + a report on unsafe bridges by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association

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