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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood discusses gas tax during Texas trip
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 2 days ago
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Congress should consider raising the federal gas tax for the first time since 1993, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday during a visit to Fort Worth. LaHood pledged to work with Congress on passing a five-year transportation bill in 2010.
Tags: Ray LaHood, Congress, North Texas Transportation Summit, gas tax, transportation secretary, secretary ray, Fort Worth, Fuel tax, Politics, Vehicle miles traveled tax, Business Finance, Presidency of Barack Obama, Tax, Transport economics, Fuel taxes in the United States, Human Interest, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Highway Trust Fund
After break, 'tis the season to tackle pressing tax issues
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Further, taxes on everything from online gambling to soda have been suggested to help fund healthcare reform. “At some point, when the economy gets going, the Feds are going to want some of that money. We are going to have to start paying for things...
Tags: healthcare reform, online gambling, gas tax, tax credit, soda tax, estate tax, Congress, help pay, New York City, Public finance, Sales taxes in the United States, Finance, Politics, Business Finance, Social Issues, Tax, Income tax in the United States, Estate tax in the United States, Taxation in the United States
GTA commute could at up
Stockholm :: Sweden | 17 days ago
Credibility Drivers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area had better start asking themselves what their daily commute is worth. The new buzz phrase around the region is road pricing, a glorified albeit more comprehensive word that means tolls.
Tags: roads pricing, roads tolls, GTHA, gas tax, CAA, Toronto Transit Commission, Metrolinx, Toronto Sun Drivers, congestion tax, Hamilton-to-Toronto, Sweden, Stockholm, Electronic toll collection, Pricing, Congestion pricing, Road pricing, Toll road, Transportation planning, Transport economics, Sustainable transport
Senator suggests 10-cent-a-gallon gas tax hike
Austin :: TX :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security chairman Friday suggested a 10-cent-a-gallon increase in Texas' gasoline tax for a system that's soon to run short of money for new roads. The proposal touted by Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, got a cold reception...
Tags: Sen. John Carona, gas tax, Rick Perry, Texas Department of Transportation, State Comptroller Susan Combs, legislative session, East Texas, Austin, Fuel tax, John Carona, Tax, Business Finance
Chamber Pushes Gas-Tax Increase
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday that it will attempt to do what a string of economists and urban planners couldn't: persuade lawmakers to raise the federal gasoline tax to pay for better roads. The new push by the powerful business lobby, which includes...
Tags: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Congress, gas tax, gasoline tax, lobbying blitz, tax hike
Los Angeles Daily News: Mayor Villaraigosa joins 4,000-plus Angelenos for day of volunteerism
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Questions and answers on Daily News stories from readers like you. As he prepares to begin his second term, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is kicking off a citywide day of service Saturday and hosting a volunteer appreciation festival. More than 4,000 volunteers...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, gas tax
Anaheim dips into reserves, approves $1.3 billion budget
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The Anaheim City Council approved a $1.3 billion budget Tuesday night, dipping into reserves, increasing service fees and even outsourcing some city services to make up for a projected $20.7 million operating shortfall for the 2009/10 fiscal year. At...
Tags: gas tax, billion budget
Hyundai exec: Gas tax would ease buyer uncertainty
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Hyundai's top U.S. executive says consumers are skittish about the direction of gas prices and a flexible gas tax is needed to keep pump prices stable...They can't decide whether they'll be better off with a spacious but thirsty SUV or a smaller but less...
Fill 'er up
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility A year ago this week, cars lined up for blocks to buy gasoline at the bargain price of $3.61 a gallon at one Columbus station. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton demanded that federal gasoline taxes be suspended, Chrysler guaranteed three years of...
Tags: gas tax
Idaho Legislature's 2009 session ends
Boise :: ID :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Its finish was delayed by the dispute between Gov. Butch Otter and House Republicans over more money for highways, and by the midsession arrival of news that the state budget could benefit from new federal economic-stimulus money. A deal on highways was...
Tags: Idaho Legislature, Idaho State Police, Idaho State Journal, House, Senate, legislature adjourned, gas tax, Butch Otter
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