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New: Democrat Rep. Jake Fey will propose an amendment killing the controversial proposed tax on exported fuel. Fey is one of the main architects of the proposed $16.8B transpo package seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t

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But if they want to balance this, they could nix Sen. Mark Mullet’s SR 18 speedway dreams.

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Feb 21, 2022

Some Washington politicians want to widen SR 18 by spending $640 million raided from the state general fund. But an investigation of the project shows there’s no good reason for highway expansion. Story: theurbanist.org/2022/02/21/wsd

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Governor Inslee Signs Historic Climate Bills but Vetoes Linkage to Transportation Package

Transit and bike/ped advocates fought for a decade to finally get major funding for their climate-saving projects through a carbon pollution fee.

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Today, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) and Clean Fuels Standard passed by the Washington State Legislature, but vetoed provisions delaying implementation of e…

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The highway lobby proposes gimmicky taxes, abandons them, and just drains the state investment and operating fund like it's nothing. Total double standard. We could fund transit with that money. #CarCulture #MoveAheadWA

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Fey is proposing to replace the tax with $$$ from the state’s public works account. The overall measure would be $500M less than what was originally proposed. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t

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