EOB: Gas Tax Hike Debate On
The House has begun debating HB 246, the governor’s bill to increase Idaho’s gas tax by 7 cents over the next three years, to raise money for road maintenance. The tax is now 25 cents per gallon. “This is a bill that you’ve all been waiting for,” House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, told the House. “I don’t present this bill lightly”/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.
- The debate is on
- 'You have another think coming'
- Henderson: 'The mathematics is obvious'
- Who pays much more
- Full hearing planned for vehicle registration fee hike
- A whole new bill
- Ex-superintendent to weigh in on school funding
