A "thumbs down" from the state Senate today on a compromise transportation funding plan from the House. The Senate and the House are pushing competing plans that would allow voters to approve a one-cent sales tax hike to fund infrastructure projects. The Senate is pushing a regional approach while the House favors a statewide solution. The bill rejected by the Senate on Thursday tries to merge the two ideas - allowing counties to band together to levy a one-percent sales tax if a 2010 constitutional amendment for a statewide transportation sales tax hike fails. Now, a conference committee will be appointed to hash out differences between the chambers.
(Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
