GOP transpo plan calls for DOT job cuts, pre-empting local regs of quarries

The DOT would eliminate 200 jobs over the next two years, there would be a new fee on hybrid and electric cars, and many local regulations of quarries where material is mined for construction and transportation projects would be pre-empted under a budget motion Republicans unveiled late Monday. The motion also would repeal the prevailing wage for state projects and contains a series of earmarks fo...