Last year, I asked “How should we pay for the roads?” I noted three sources of pressure on the state government’s sources of funding for the construction and maintenance of…
The problem The West Central Tribune reports: Chippewa County will be joining the growing ranks of counties imposing a wheelage tax on vehicles to help fund road and bridge needs.…
Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has dropped to its lowest level since August 2021, according to the J.D. Power EV index. The index showed that while consumer interest in EVs…
Legal and legislative action backed by North Dakota elected officials has resulted in blocking a rogue Biden administration climate change rule on states in both the federal courts and Congress.…
North Dakota joined 20 other states in sending the Biden administration the legal equivalent of a Christmas lump of coal. A lawsuit filed days before Christmas aims to block the…
The Met Council’s exemption from a federal requirement for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) to have local elected officials, rather than political appointees, in charge of spending and policy decisions could…
WASHINGTON, DC—The Met Council’s exemption from a federal requirement for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) to have local elected officials, rather than political appointees, in charge of spending and policy decisions…
The feds implemented a new rule in the federal register regarding metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) like the Metropolitan Council on the day before President Trump took office. The rule would…
Anyone who commutes to work in the Twin Cities knows it’s slow going most days and getting slower. Metro highways and freeways are backed up almost 25 percent of the…
Minnesota can and must support and build a world class transportation system that...