By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel
Madison — Milwaukee County voters would have to sign off on raising the sales tax for a regional transit authority under a measure the Assembly adopted early Wednesday.
Proponents of creating the regional authority have called for increasing the sales tax by up to 0.5% to help pay for buses. They said a referendum wasn’t needed because Milwaukee County voters recommended increasing the sales tax in 2008 for parks, transit and public safety in an advisory referendum.