The District of Columbia was praised for tackling the funding needs for maintaining its critical infrastructure by a rating agency concerned about deferral of such maintenance by states and local governments.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are the first states to have created charitable funds that taxpayers can contribute to in order to claim a charitable deduction in lieu of paying state and local taxes.
Regional Measure 3 on the June 5 ballot in the Bay Area's nine counties would raise tolls on the Bay Area's seven state-owned bridges by $3 over the next seven years.
