Transportation officials say the state needs flexibility to buy diesel buses as electric bus supply shortages threaten ...

The nationwide shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed while harming defendants. Better pay would help, but efforts to expand the pipeline are needed.

With oil prices spiking at a time when voters are focused on affordability, states could find it even harder to pay for transportation needs.

Sweeping state limits — or eliminating the tax altogether — are politically appealing. But cuts in property tax rates combined with targeted state tax relief are less disruptive to local finances.