Diving into the gas tax debate
- Washington state legislators settle a transportation funding plan.
- Lawmakers address increasing project expenses and lower gas tax collections.
- The package includes various other tax increases beyond gasoline.
- The proposal increases the gasoline tax by 6 cents starting July 1.
- The House Transportation Committee heard the plan and scheduled a vote.
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6-cent gas tax hike central to new transportation deal in WA Legislature
Transportation budget writers in the Washington Legislature are settling on a revenue package that would hike the state’s gasoline tax 6 cents a gallon beginning July 1. The potential gas...
House gears up to supercharge gas tax bill with higher fees, ferry hikes
Hold onto your wallets, Washington drivers—more changes are on the horizon, and they’re not exactly small ones. The state House of Representatives is preparing to roll out a major overhaul to ESSB 5801, a transportation funding bill that’s about to get bulked up with a laundry list of tax hikes, fee increases, and infrastructure investments. The bill, already hefty when it left the Senate, will undergo a turbocharged “striking amendment” in the …
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