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Rep. Smith addresses bill filed that would increase fuel tax

Summary by The News Journal
By Bryleigh Middleton Barbourville Mountain Advocate With crumbling pavement and shrinking road budgets across southeastern Kentucky, Tom O’Dell Smith, the Kentucky State Representative for the 86th District, representing Knox and part of Laurel counties, said a modest increase at the gas pump is no longer optional but necessary, arguing that decades of inflation and stagnant fuel tax revenue have left counties and local municipalities unable to…
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The News Journal broke the news in on Friday, January 23, 2026.
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