Florida GOP Trying to Kill Transportation Measure
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A wide majority of Hillsborough County voted to tax themselves for transit and safer streets. The Florida GOP is trying to block it anyway.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Koch Brothers
Koch Bros. Cash Helping to Kill Phoenix Transit
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The Latino business owner who was the face of the campaign has quit, saying she was "used."
Streetsies 2018: The Year’s Best and Worst
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Baltimore and Minneapolis are the big winners. The Koch brothers are the big losers.
Tampa Voters Supported Transit Measure — But Sore Losers Want to Overturn it
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Yet again, there's a Koch brothers connection.
Koch-Funded Groups: Cut All Federal Funding for Walking, Biking, Transit
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You know it’s time to fight over the federal transportation bill when the fossil fuel-soaked elements of the conservative movement start agitating to stop funding everything except car infrastructure. Yesterday, a coalition of 50 groups, several funded by the Koch brothers, sent a letter to Congress arguing that the way to fix federal transportation funding […]
Supreme Court Weakens Local Governments’ Ability to Shape Development
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It certainly won’t be the most talked about Supreme Court decision handed down this week, but “Koontz v. St Johns River Water Management District” [PDF] will have a long-term impact on the ability of local governments to shape new development. Tuesday, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a Florida water management district […]