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In this Policy Tip Sheet, Matthew Glans examines gasoline taxes, how they have become less effective over time, and why states can no longer rely on them to fund state transportation projects. Problem Gasoline taxes are an unreliable funding source for state transportation projects, road construction, and maintenance due to declining gasoline prices and more fuel-efficient vehicles. In 2015, Daniel Vock, writing for Governing, analyzed state gas tax data reported to the U.S. Census Bureau and found two-thirds of state fuel taxes failed to keep up with inflation. Moreover, gasoline taxes are regressive and produce widespread economic consequences. Increasing fuel...

SAN BERNARDINO -- A group of Latino activists on Monday delivered a letter to the Mexican Consulate, urging the administration of President Vicente Fox to stop using federal funds for partisan political purposes. The National Alliance for Human Rights, a Riverside-based immigrant rights network, gave the letter to Mexican Consul Carlos Giralt Cabrales, who promised to forward it to his superiors in Mexico. The two-page letter accuses the federal government and the Fox administration of spending public money to support the candidacy of Felipe Calderon, who is hoping to succeed Fox in the July 2 presidential election. From his D...

Millions vanish through misuseState agencies have not uniformly reported years of misspending, theft and embezzlement By DAN KANE, Staff Writer At UNC-Chapel Hill, the manager of a scholars program for doctors turned it into her personal piggy bank for groceries, CDs and books, and allowed staff and scholars to walk off with computers and furniture. Over 10 years, the theft and misuse of state property totaled $157,000. related  Credit-card spree at UNC Schools squeamish about telling names of offenders lost, stolen, missing Here's a list of items reported by state agencies in the first nine months of 2002. 66 laptop computers...