https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/opinion/finally-something-isnt-the-matter-with-kansas.html
It's almost a newsworthy event in itself lately when the NYT publishes something about a subject other than Donald Trump's evil doings.

This change in Kansas is an important event.
Similar things are happening in state houses around the country.
Costs of state services have been on the increase while tax incomes have been relatively stagnant, for a lot of reasons.
Here in NJ, a large increase in gasoline taxes was passed recently in order to generate much needed money for bridges and roads.