The article reports on the move of Ohio Governor John Kasich to renew his call for increasing the state's oil and gas severance taxes in 2012. The call aimed at helping pay for a reduction in...
Ohio % hourly wage for one gallon of gas: 15.6% Oklahoma % hourly wage for one gallon of gas: 15.2% Oregon % hourly wage for one gallon of gas: 16.1% Discover More: 10 Things the Middle Class Won’t Be Able To Afford in Less Than a Decade Pennsylvania % hourly wage for one ...
At the 10.7 cents per gallon additional tax, an Ohio driver who travels 20,000 miles in a year would see an additional fuel cost over the year of between $60 and $95 depending on the size of their tank and average miles per gallon. “ODOT put out a comparison for drivers of a Ford...
The president pro tem of the Missouri Senate, Dave Schatz, wants to phase ina 10-centincrease in the motor fuel tax. Two years ago, voters rejected a raise in the gasoline tax. Schatz filed two proposals in December, about when a new report from TRIP, a private nonprofit research group,...
Congress rejects the tax in the face of opposition from special-interest groups and from some segments of the public. 1994 Propane truck collision A tractor-cargo tank semitrailer truck carrying 9,200 gallons of liquid propane crashes on Interstate 287 in White Plains, New York, producing a ...
just ahead of California's. Corman said he is introducing legislation for a roughly one-third reduction through the rest of the year. The lost gas tax revenue would be offset by directing $500 million of federal COVID-19 relief aid to state police and issuing $650 million in bonds to ens...
Governors and advocacy groups in numerous states, including Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island, have proposed the suspension of some or all state taxes or the delay of planned increases. Pennsylvania's gasoline tax of 57.6 cents per gallon is the highest in the...
Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Washington ATSSA is encouraging everyone to use this tool to reach out to their legislators and urge them to reject proposals to cut the gas tax. It has begun a social media campaign with the slogan: “Cutting the gas tax is a cost we can’t afford...
Generally, companies are charged for the carbon they emit, either through a carbon tax, which sets a direct cost for greenhouse gas emissions or the carbon content of fossil fuels, or a cap-and-trade system, which puts a limit (cap) on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions a company ...
Asked about the idea during a news conference Thursday, House Speaker JohnBoehner(R-Ohio) said, “I’ve never voted to raise the gas tax,” though he did not expressly rule out supporting one in the future. “A highway bill is critically important,” Boehner continued. “It’s a priorit...