Patrick Conner’ shows how to plug his Nissan Leaf electric car at a charging station at the public library in Hillsboro, Ore., Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Fuel-efficient, hybrid and electric cars are a boon for the environment, but their growing popularity means shrinking fuel tax revenues for state coffers and less money to pay for road and bridge projects. Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to address this shortfall by testing the feasibility of taxing motorists not for the fuel they use, but for the miles they drive.
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This story was originally published November 1, 2021 at 11:13 AM.
Kelsey Landis is an Illinois state affairs and politics reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat. She joined the newsroom in January 2020 after her first stint at the paper from 2016 to 2018. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2010 and earned a master’s from DePaul University in 2014. Landis previously worked at The Alton Telegraph. At the BND, she focuses on informing you about what your lawmakers are doing in Springfield and Washington, D.C., and she works to hold them accountable. Landis has won Illinois Press Association awards for her work, including the Freedom of Information Award.
