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Louisiana gasoline tax increase draws mixed response


Louisiana gasoline tax increase draws mixed response
A Louisiana lawmaker predicted Monday his proposed 22-cent increase of the state’s gasoline tax will attract a “groundswell” of support this year, despite the failure of similar efforts in 2017 and 2019.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has said he will not throw his support behind the tax increase. In a weak economy, he said, he doesn’t think the change can attract support from at least two-thirds of the legislators in each chamber, which is necessary for any tax increase.
Rep. Jack McFarland, a Winnfield Republican who addressed the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, however, said investing more in Louisiana’s ailing infrastructure would help the state recover from the COVID-19-related recession. ....

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Will Legislature consider gas tax to save Louisiana's roads and bridges and build new ones?


Will Legislature consider gas tax to save Louisiana s roads and bridges and build new ones?
The News-Star (Monroe)
2/8/2021
Greg Hilburn, Monroe News-Star
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Republican state Rep. Jack McFarland is setting the stage for a bill to raise Louisiana s gasoline tax by 22 cents per gallon over the next 12 years to address the state s $15 billion backlog in road and bridge maintenance and $13 billion in unfunded new projects.
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State Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, testifies before the House Transportation Committee, Tuesday, April 16, 2019 in favor of his bill that would restrict billboards.
McFarland said he will file his Government Reform in Transportation Act, or GRIT, bill in the coming weeks before the Legislature s Regular Session begins April 12. ....

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