THE LATEST FROM D.C.

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$7.6B in Federal Highway Funds Successfully Restored for States

In case you missed it, a previously enacted $7.6 billion rescission in federal transportation funding, which would have affected states starting in July 2020, was repealed at the end of 2019. For the past year, NCSL in D.C. has worked with other state organizations, including the National Governors Association and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, to repeal the rescission.

--Ben Husch and Kristen Hildreth

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State Authority Preserved on Transportation Network Company Regulation

A U.S. House bill that would have cut federal road funding to states by billions of dollars if they did not make certain changes to how they regulate transportation network companies, no longer contains any state penalties. The bill, however, still includes a "sense of Congress" for states to implement front and rear vehicle license plates. NCSL in D.C. lobbied members of Congress to remove the penalty and preserve state authority.

--Ben Husch and Kristen Hildreth

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Continued Support for the National Guard for 2021

Virginia Delegate Terry Kilgore (R) and Nevada Assemblywoman...