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Commonwealth Court finds PennDOT’s public-private partnership board bridge tolling plan invalid

BY: - June 30, 2022

A panel of Commonwealth Court judges said PennDOT's P3 board didn't follow the process laid out for initiating transportation projects, declaring a plan to toll interstate highway bridges invalid.

Pa.’s governor candidates feud over how to reduce pain at the pump

BY: - April 10, 2022

There's small distinctions between each candidate's plan; though some activists want to see them be more creative.

U.S. House panel grills oil executives at hearing on soaring gas prices

BY: - April 7, 2022

WASHINGTON — Democrats blamed the oil industry, Republicans blamed President Joe Biden and oil executives blamed global market forces at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday on how to reverse a dramatic increase in gas prices. Over nearly six hours, members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and executives from six […]

In Maryland, gas tax ‘holiday’ bill advances; lawmakers hope for lower prices at the pump

BY: - March 17, 2022

In Pennsylvania, a top Republican lawmaker is pushing his own plan.

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As bridge toll debate heats up, Wolf pitches ditching Pa. gas tax | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - March 15, 2021

Gov. Tom Wolf wants to phase out 'burdensome' gas tax; bipartisan commission to come up with new funding streams.

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Pennsylvania’s gas tax debate, explained in one easy chart | Editorial Cartoon

BY: - February 22, 2020

Our cartoonist breaks down one of Pennsylvania's longest-running policy debates.

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A modest proposal to fund transportation — without raising taxes | Opinion

BY: - May 9, 2019

the source of three-quarters of the State Police operating budget ought not be a burden on the motoring public. Here's a way to fix that.