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Another article that covers the recent announcement by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx revealing that the Highway Trust Fund would start cutting its payments to states August 1, 2014. At this point bills submitted to them would be repaid as gas tax revenue comes in, roughly every two weeks. Article includes a graphic (below) that shows just how much the fund has fallen recently, PDFs of the letters that went out to state departments of transportation, and a link to an article that covers a recent speech made by President Obama on the topic.