Article: DOYLE: CONSIDER YEARLY GAS TAX HIKES THE GOVERNOR SAID THE AUTOMATIC INCREASES HAD SERVED THE STATE "PRETTY WELL.".(FRONT)

Article: SETTING THE GAS TAX
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  February 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... to even have a dedicated gas tax for roads than it does for ... understanding of where their gas-tax dollars are being spent. Automatic increases, on the other hand, lead ... current budget and set the gas-tax level to do its share to ...

Article: SURVEY SHOWS PROPOSAL TO INDEX GAS TAX HIKES TO THE ...
PR Newswire;  September 26, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... on automatic pilot and allow automatic increases in the gas tax indexed to the rate of inflation ... were opposed to indexing the gas tax. Only 22% supported such ... and that a 7 cents per gallon gas tax increase is dead this legislative ...

Article: Gas tax should continue to grow with inflation ; ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 22, 2008 ;     544 words ... ... could not be supported by the gas-tax system. And as gas prices increase, people drive less, so gas tax revenues decline. Nevertheless ... the government to commit to automatic increases, indexing the gas tax to the inflation rate makes ...

Article: Bill seeks to rein in gas tax increases
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 1, 2001 ;     687 words ...Bill seeks to rein in gas tax increases Two lawmakers want ... of the law allowing such automatic increases. The state's gas tax increases by 0.9 cents ... introducing a bill to discontinue automatic increases in the state gasoline tax ...

Article: SPIVAK & BICE Guv hopefuls wake up late on gas ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... actually done something about the gas tax index as state lawmakers, what ... budget bill that increased the gas tax by 1 cent and boosted the index ... that would have suspended the automatic increases and cut the gas tax rate by 1.6 cents per gallon ...

Article: ENERGY: ; State gas tax may be frozen again; But ...
Charleston Gazette;  March 11, 2009 ;     486 words ... ... Manchin and the Legislature froze automatic increases in the state gas tax, to give consumers a little price ... 2010 - but this time to keep the gas tax from dropping. Under current law, the state gas tax has two parts: A base rate of ...

Article: Cellucci battles state's hidden gas tax hike.(News)
The Boston Herald;  March 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... increase in the state's gas tax if prices continue to ... to freeze the current gas tax at 21 cents per gallon and prevent the automatic increases from making it to the ... lawmakers have suggested gas tax increases help pay for ...