There was no rational basis for state legislators to assess surcharges for bad driving only on Virginians and not nonresidents, a lawyer for a repeat traffic offender told a judge considering whether the fees are constitutional. Wednesday’s arguments before Henrico …
Virginia anti-tax conservatives this week filed the broadest legal challenge yet to the new transportation funding law, targeting not just steep fees for bad driving but the fiscal underpinning of the $1 billion-a-year initiative. In 13 counts, the lawsuit alleges …
The first court challenge to prohibitive fees Virginia is imposing on bad and dangerous drivers was postponed in a Henrico County court Tuesday. Anthony Price, charged with his fifth violation for driving on a suspended license, was unaware his citation …
The Virginia General Assembly may have to address the issue of punitive and recurring bad-driving fees imposed solely on Virginians, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine told a statewide radio audience last week. For the second time in three days, callers upset …
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has proposed $3 billion in borrowing for statewide transportation projects, one-fifth more than legislators sought, using existing taxes on car insurance premiums to pay off debt. Kaine, a Democrat, also left intact regional transportation provisions …
Virginia House Republicans have offered a $2 billion, four-year financing plan that is underwritten partly by daunting new fines on lead-footed drivers. It provides only about half the additional revenue for roads, commuter rails and transit that competing plans by …
