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Mo. lawmakers sponsor bills to raise gas tax - Springfield Business Journal

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 12/31/2015 - 8:08am

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Raising the tax on gasoline is among the major issues prefiled for the 2016 legislative session starting Jan. 6.

While some of the bills involve relatively modest increases, one would boost the gasoline tax by 7 cents per gallon — to 24 cents from 17 cents.

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Mo. lawmakers sponsor bills to raise gas tax - Springfield Business Journal
MoBikeFed comment: Proposals to raise the fuel tax by six cents, two cents, and 1.5 cents failed to make forward progress last year.

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