When the House begins its promised debate on transportation revenue this month, Republican lawmakers will bring skepticism about whether the state actually needs funding beyond existing and already-proposed sources.
Massachusetts has far more people than it did in 2010.
The state's population increased by about 340,000 people, increasing its total to more than 6.8 million residents as of July 2019, according to U.S. Census data announced Monday, December 30. That's a 5.3 percent increase over the approximately 6.5 million people who lived in the state in 2010, according to MassLive.
