JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two years after Missouri voters decisively rejected a proposal to raise Missouri’s gasoline tax, the leader of the Senate wants a do-over.
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Government, Business, Fuel, TCA 
Traffic travels on I-70 in Columbia, Mo. (Missouri Department of Transportation)
Missouri Lawmakers May Ask Voters to Raise Gas Tax in 2021
Traffic travels on I-70 in Columbia, Mo. (Missouri Department of Transportation) Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, TCA 
Workers fill in a pothole in Boston. (Scott Eisen/Bloomberg News)
Massachusetts Transportation Funding Plan Would Increase Gas Taxes
Workers fill in a pothole in Boston. (Scott Eisen/Bloomberg News)BOSTON — Fees for ride-hailing services and a 5-cents-per-gallon hike in the state’s gas tax are the heart of a plan floated by Democrats in the House of Representatives to pay for upgrades to roads, bridges and public transit.
March 2, 2020 Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, TCA 
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker via Steven Senne/Associated Press
Northeast States Weigh Transportation and Climate Initiative
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker via Steven Senne/Associated PressMassachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is one of the leaders pushing for a regional program that would raise the price of gas while curbing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.
December 16, 2019 Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics, TCA 
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Alabama 6-Cent Gas Tax Increase to Start Sept. 1
Mobile, Ala. (Getty Images)For the first time in 27 years, anyone fueling up at a gas station in Alabama soon will fork out more money in taxes that will go directly to the state.
August 26, 2019 Government, Business, Fuel 
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Raising Fuel Taxes No Longer a Laughing Matter, Stakeholders Find
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg NewsSince the start of the 116th Congress in January, the gas tax has been having a moment. At congressional hearings, keynote addresses and panel discussions inside the Beltway and around the country, a significant number of infrastructure proponents have called on transportation policymakers to raise the federal fuel tax.
March 29, 2019 TCA 
Highway interchange near Birmingham, Ala. (Jay Reeves/Associated Press)
Alabama’s Deteriorating Roads Cost Drivers $5.3 billion a Year, Report Says
Highway interchange near Birmingham, Ala. (Jay Reeves/Associated Press)Alabama’s roads and bridges have deteriorated to such an extent that it costs each resident $5.3 billion a year, according to a report by a nonprofit transportation research organization.
February 25, 2019 Government, Business, Safety, TCA 
Traffic moves on the old Gerald Desmond Bridge next to its replacement bridge under construction in Long Beach, Calif. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
Caltrans Scrambles to Hire Road Maintenance Workers
Traffic moves on the old Gerald Desmond Bridge next to its replacement bridge under construction in Long Beach, Calif. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)Caltrans will consider hiring nearly anyone for 333 maintenance jobs it is trying to fill. The transportation department is on a spree to hire enough workers to improve road upkeep as called for in a 2017 gas tax bill that in November survived an initiative that would have repealed it.
February 19, 2019 Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel 
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AAR Supports Gas Tax, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Measure to Fund Infrastructure
Association of American Railroads/TwitterWASHINGTON — A vehicle-miles-traveled tax would present a good long-term solution for funding the nation’s infrastructure, while higher fuel taxes could address more near-term needs, representatives from the Association of American Railroads said.
February 13, 2019 Government, Business, Logistics, TCA 
Construction on Interstate 75 in Dayton, Ohio. (Skip Peterson/Associated Press)
Gas-Tax Hike Needed for Roads, Maintenance, Ohio Transportation Panel Says
Construction on Interstate 75 in Dayton, Ohio. (Skip Peterson/Associated Press)After two meetings, a committee formed by Gov. Mike DeWine to study options for fixing a shortfall in money for road construction and maintenance has come to a consensus that the state gasoline tax needs to increase.
February 7, 2019 Government, Fuel, TCA 
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California Voters Reject Gas Tax Repeal
Getty ImagesCalifornia voters on Nov. 6 rejected Proposition 6, a measure to repeal a recent increase in the state’s gas tax and one that, in many ways, determines the fate of California’s roads, bridges and transit.
November 7, 2018