The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance released the following statement today following news that the Baker administration will be withdrawing Massachusetts from the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) gas tax scheme.

Yesterday, Connecticut’s Democratic Governor Ned Lamont announced he is backing off from pursuing the TCI (Transportation and Climate Initiative) gas tax.

After months of committee hearings and widespread anticipation, the House has finally produced a bill outlining how they want to spend the federal ARPA funds and the massive surplus of tax dollars collected in 2020.