Topic – Tax
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Des Moines increasing local taxes for transit
To fund more service
Des Moines-area property owners could see a 15-cent increase in the tax levy for mass transit after commissioners overseeing the DART OK’d a budget increase.
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Netherlands tries VMT tax
Vehicle miles traveled
The Netherlands conducted a trial implementation of a VMT tax that factors in the full cost to society of every mile driven, including environmental costs.
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Hess CEO: US should impose $1/gal gas tax
Highest prices since Oct 08
Gas prices up 12% in last three weeks to $3.509/gallon
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Sugar Land votes $27M for baseball stadium
Built by April 2012
The city will use no general fund tax dollars for a new minor league stadium that will be built by 2012.
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Denver transit task force favors .3 cent tax hike
Increase will help timeliness
Denver FasTracks task force recommends a sales-tax increase of between 0.3 and 0.4 percentage to speed transit expansion.
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Local-option bill rejected for final time
Carona: Fee is "essential"
The bill's third and final iteration, which its sponsor called "essential" to funding transportation in Texas, was removed from the TxDOT bill on Saturday.
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State bill would allow county voters to fund projects
Bill would add rail funding
A bill introduced in the Texas legislature on Monday would allow the state’s most populous counties to vote on whether…
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