With Seattle Transit Funds Under Siege By State Legislators, the Governor Rides to the Rescue

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By Angie SchmittJul 5, 2017, 12:32 pm109 pts
Some good news today out of the Pacific Northwest, where the Washington state legislature had been threatening to undermine the results of a Seattle referendum to raise $53 billion to expand regional transit. Washington Governor Jay Inslee saved transit funding in Seattle. Ohio transit riders were not so lucky.…

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