MoDOT plans promotion of road tax to voters

Assuring voters that the Missouri Department of Transportation can be trusted to spend revenue from new road taxes wisely will be a key step to the state agency's success in selling its ballot issue. At least one highways commissioner say offering a project-specific plan and then sticking to it is the way to build that trust. However, making detailed promises it found it couldn't keep is what got MoDOT into trouble last time. What tack will MoDOT take? For more, read Wednesday's Southeast Missourian.