Latest News Updates From Kurt Erickson

Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Missouri Might Gain an East-West Interstate Highway

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers approved $2.5 million to study the conversion of U.S. Route 36 into Interstate 72 between Hannibal in the east and St. Joseph in the west.

May 25, 2023
Government, TCA

Missouri Transportation Officials Seek Approval for Raises

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation is requesting a $70 million infusion of cash to boost the pay of its workforce and hire more employees.

October 15, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel, TCA

Missouri Lawmakers May Ask Voters to Raise Gas Tax in 2021

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two years after Missouri voters decisively rejected a proposal to raise Missouri’s gasoline tax, the leader of the Senate wants a do-over.

December 7, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Missouri Taps Into Checkbook for Road Projects

JEFFERSON CITY — An additional lane on Interstate 70 in O’Fallon, Mo., and a new roadway for a long-sought riverside development in St. Charles are on tap as part of an outlay of state and local transportation dollars announced Dec. 16.

December 17, 2019
Government, Fuel, Logistics, TCA

Fuel Tax Hike Could Pump Up Construction in Missouri

Missouri voters will choose whether to raise the nation’s fourth-lowest gasoline tax when they go to the polls in November.

May 30, 2018
Government

Truckers, Other Groups Back Gas-Tax Hike in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A lengthy list of heavyweight lobbying groups urged members of the Missouri House April 26 to put a question on the November ballot asking if voters support a hike in the state gasoline tax.

April 27, 2016