by Fix MI State | Aug 26, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
The prevailing wisdom among Republican state legislators dead set against raising taxes to fund infrastructure is that poor roads are a problem for Democrats from urban and suburban areas of Michigan, not the largely outstate rural areas they represent. But this line...
by Fix MI State | Aug 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
As negotiations over the state budget ramp up in the Michigan legislature, lawmakers are mulling a number of different options on how to get more money towards roads, ranging from gas tax increases to letting local governments go to voters for additional revenue....
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
LANSING, Mich. — Leaders of Michigan business organizations that represent tens of thousands of employers across the state today joined together to urge the Legislature and Governor to include a comprehensive plan to fix the roads in the new state budget that...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 45-cent gas tax increase has been on the table since March, but since that time there has been no other option to fix the state’s crumbling infrastructure put forward despite plenty of gripes about the sizable increase. Whitmer and...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
A coalition of business groups today urged state lawmakers to finally come up with a way to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges. While none of the business advocates offered an endorsement of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to increase state fuel taxes by 45...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Several Michigan business leaders called on Governor Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers to deliver on campaign promise of fixing the state’s roads. They held a press conference at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Lansing. The business...
