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Gov. Rod Blagojevich's practice of flying from Chicago to Springfield and back for daily budget negotiations is costing Illinois taxpayers more than $5,800 a day, for a total of roughly $76,000 and climbing.
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Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly warned yesterday that changes in the state's safe driver insurance plan being pushed by an arm of the Division of Insurance would drive up the rates of some urban drivers by as much as 20 percent.
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For months, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been fending off accusations he bungled government programs and awarded jobs and contracts to contributors and cronies. But suddenly, one issue has cut through the clutter: a $1,500 gift to one of his daughters.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing a tax increase to raise $900 million a year to help pay for a five-year rebuilding program.
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By Mike Monson, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Feb. 8--URBANA -- The city councils in Urbana and Champaign have agreed  to spend as much as $121,000 to hire a consultant on water issues a move that  an Illinois American Water official strongly criticized this week.
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Drivers of gas-guzzling cars will have to pay nearly $50 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge, while the most fuel efficient vehicles will get a free ride, the mayor said Tuesday.
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New York City, where tolls are $6 and putting your car in a parking garage for just an hour can run you $20, is already an expensive place to drive. Now the mayor wants to make it so costly some people won't even bother driving and will take mass transit instead.
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In many parts of the country, state and local governments are struggling to pay for roads, bridges and other projects because of rising construction costs.
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Marin Supervisor Steve Kinsey is going toe to toe with Gov. Arnold Schwarz-enegger over how cost overruns on the Bay Bridge should be funded, a decision that could affect key Marin transportation projects.
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I am disappointed (but not surprised) to hear of the problems with the proposed transit tax in Salt Lake County. I was torn when voting for the tax increase in November.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg all but conceded defeat Tuesday on his plan to reduce traffic by charging drivers extra fees, saying the state Legislature's failure to act was a "terrible setback" for the city.
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Fuel marketers in Illinois are considering requesting federal help to ease a gasoline supply crunch that has pushed the state's pump prices to the highest in the nation.
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Car-users should be charged to use roads to help pay for upgrades, a business organisation claims.
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By Hugh Lessig And Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 25--RICHMOND -- State lawmakers Saturday passed what they admitted was a flawed transportation spending plan. Attention now shifts to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who will propose a major overhaul.
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Mar. 9--SAN BERNARDINO -- Victor Valley transportation projects will receive an injection of state money under a decision by the San Bernardino Associated Governments.
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By Barbara Hollingsworth  By Barbara Hollingsworth  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  Out-of-town drivers will have to learn faster from their parking mistakes.
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 15--Gov. Jim Doyle's proposal to provide more funding for a state land purchase program will heap an estimated $1.6 billion in new costs on taxpayers in the next 10 years of the initiative.