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Northern Virginia leaders plan wish list of road projects for new funds
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Northern Virginia transportation officials have a long wish list for the first $180 million expected to flow into their coffers in the next year from tax increases in Gov. Bob McDonnell's new roads package -- including widening traffic-clogged Route 28 and Route 1. The Northern Virginia...
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D.C. Council votes to end municipal bond tax, spend Internet sales tax
Alan Blinder and Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The D.C. Council, setting aside its members' annual frustrations about a public budget fashioned in private, voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a $10 billion plan that would increase Circulator bus fares, end the city's tax on certain bonds and earmark a potential spigot of Internet sales...
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Bob McDonnell to sign transportation tax hikes with fanfare
Steve Contorno
Updated: Sun, May 12, 2013
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday will ceremoniously sign into law the signature legislative achievement of his four-year term: a historic transportation funding package that will raise taxes to pay for much-needed roadwork on the state's congested highways. The Republican leader will sign...