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1. Repeal the California Gas Tax?: (Blog); July 17, 2018 – Last year in California, legislators enacted a 12-cents-per-gal. gas tax hike to boost funding to repair California’s decaying roads and bridges. But now, Proposition 6, which will be on ...; Created on 17 July 2018
2. Construction Spending Rises; Highway Spending Declines: (Latest News); ... funding, including 24 of them by raising state gas taxes. Not surprisingly, public construction spending is higher on month-over-month and year-over-year bases. “What has been less clear is whether privately ...; Created on 05 July 2018
3. New Construction Starts in February Recede 3 Percent: (Economics); ... and electric utilities/gas plants, fell 23 percent in February, resulting in the decline for total construction starts for the second month in a row. In contrast, nonresidential building grew 5 percent ...; Created on 30 May 2018
4. Eagle Materials Proppant Revenue Up 147 Percent: (Frac Sand); ... Eagle’s Oil and Gas Proppants segment reported fiscal 2018 revenue of $85.5 million, an increase of 147 percent, primarily reflecting a 170 percent increase in frac sand sales volume. The fiscal 2018 ...; Created on 17 May 2018
5. Eagle Materials Buoyed by Heavy Materials Operating Earnings: (Latest News); ... Eagle’s Oil and Gas Proppants segment reported fiscal 2018 revenue of $85.5 million, an increase of 147 percent, primarily reflecting a 170 percent increase in frac sand sales volume. The fiscal 2018 ...; Created on 15 May 2018
6. MDU Resources Expands in First Quarter: (Latest News); ... st Oregon with the acquisition of Teevin & Fischer Quarry," Goodin said. "We are also pleased to announce two new natural gas pipeline projects. The Demicks Lake Project is a 14-mile, $30 million pipe ...; Created on 03 May 2018
7. January Construction Starts Slip 2 Percent: (Economics); ... public works and electric utilities/gas plants, pulled back 18 percent after surging 45 percent in December, as that month was boosted by the start of the $2.3 billion I-66 Corridor Improvements Project ...; Created on 24 April 2018
8. Construction Spending Predicted to Rise; Highways to Remain Flat: (Latest News); ... passing increased gas taxes and user fees; and rising interest rates could stall public-private-partnership opportunities. ...; Created on 16 April 2018
9. FIRST LOOK - APRIL 2018: (First Look); ... hour; down from 6.67 cents/kilowatt hour a year earlier. natural gas futures prices: 3/19/2018: $2.651/MMBtu, down $0.127 from week earlier, down $0.297 from year earlier. propane prices: 3/12/2018: $2.500/gal., ...; Created on 13 April 2018
10. New Construction Starts in February Recede 3 Percent: (Latest News); ... 11 percent in February. However the nonbuilding construction sector, comprised of public works and electric utilities/gas plants, fell 23 percent in February, resulting in the decline for total construction ...; Created on 22 March 2018
11. January Construction Starts Slip 2 Percent: (Latest News); ... The nonbuilding construction sector, comprised of public works and electric utilities/gas plants, pulled back 18 percent after surging 45 percent in December, as that month was boosted by the start of ...; Created on 22 February 2018
12. New Construction Starts for 2017 Advance 3 Percent: (Economics); ... billion, which followed the 6 percent increase reported for 2016. The full-year 2017 gain was dampened by a 35 percent downturn for the electric utility/gas plant category. If electric utilities and gas ...; Created on 21 February 2018
13. Charleston Stone Finds New Energy: (Features); ... to use electricity as a substitute for on-site fossil fuels like natural gas, propane, gasoline and fuel oil, with increased efficiency and control. It also offers local economic development and enhances ...; Created on 20 February 2018
14. Benchmark 2018: An Exclusive Survey: (Features); ... the money is sourced from state and local budgets and no increase in the gas tax was proposed, disappointing many transportation advocates. But despite this, aggregates producers are looking ahead confidently ...; Created on 20 February 2018
15. Trump’s Infrastructure Alchemy: (Editorial); ... and bridges. I wrote last month of the need to raise the gas tax and fix the Highway Trust Fund. That would be a major first step, but unfortunately no such suggestion was forthcoming in the plan. There ...; Created on 20 February 2018
16. FIRST LOOK - MARCH 2018: (First Look); ... Gas Future Prices: 2/13/2018: $2.594/MMBtu, down $0.165 from week earlier; down $0.350 from year earlier. Propane Prices: 2/5/2018: $2.595/gal., up from $2.453/gal. a year earlier. Source: U.S. ...; Created on 20 February 2018
17. I Like It When They Listen To Me: (Blog); Feb. 15, 2018 – It looks like President Trump read my February issue editorial. He reportedly tried to persuade his fellow Republicans to raise the gas tax, according to a story in the Washington Post. In ...; Created on 15 February 2018
18. It’s Time to Raise the Gas Tax: (Editorial); Industry organizations have been quietly advocating for an increase in the gasoline sales tax – aka user fees – for a long time. After all, it has not been raised since 1993. The Highway Trust Fund is ...; Created on 14 February 2018
19. FIRST LOOK - FEBRUARY 2018: (First Look); ... hour a year earlier. Natural Gas Futures Price: 1/17/2018: $3.232/MMBtu, up $0.326 from week earlier; down $0.180 from year earlier. Propane Prices: 1/15/2018: $2.586/gal., up $0.36 from week earlier; ...; Created on 14 February 2018
20. Summit Materials Reports Strong Quarterly, Yearly Results: (Latest News); ... Salt Lake City and Las Vegas – three of Summit’s largest housing markets – reported that full-year 2017 single family home sales were, on average, 50 percent below the prior peak, while months of housing ...; Created on 14 February 2018
21. Gas Tax Hike Touted by Shuster at Retreat: (Latest News); Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, brought up the importance of raising the federal user fee on gasoline at a recent GOP retreat in West Virginia. ...; Created on 02 February 2018
22. PCA's Sullivan Offers Favorable Economic Forecast: (Latest News); ... (PCA) senior vice president and chief Economist. At a press conference during the 2018 World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Sullivan offered a glimpse at the association’s upcoming Spring Forecast for cement ...; Created on 25 January 2018
23. New Construction Starts for 2017 Advance 3 Percent: (Latest News); ... electric utility/gas plant category. If electric utilities and gas plants are excluded, total construction starts for 2017 would be 5 percent higher than the corresponding amount for 2016. The 3 percent ...; Created on 25 January 2018
24. Outlook/Forecast 2018: (Features); ... who backed the state’s 2016 gas tax increase. ARTBA-TIAC tracked New Jersey state legislative elections as lawmakers faced voters for the first time since approving the October 2016 state gas tax increase. ...; Created on 24 January 2018
25. What’s Up Ahead?: (Editorial); ... investment. I was hoping for larger federal investment and an increase in the gas tax, which hasn’t been raised since 1993. Also, states, localities and the private sector already kick in a lot, so counting ...; Created on 24 January 2018
26. Johnson, Hill Make Case for Infrastructure Investment: (Latest News); ... t few years 24 states raise funds through a gas tax increase, and 75 percent of ballot measures that addressed transportation or infrastructure passed in 2016 and 2017. As state after state has raised infrastructu ...; Created on 19 January 2018
27. U.S. Chamber’s Donohue Outlines Four-Point Plan for Infrastructure: (Latest News); ... the Chamber’s vision for an infrastructure package goes well beyond the gas tax. Donohue pledged that the Chamber will push for an entire toolkit of funding and financing options, as well as permit streamlining ...; Created on 19 January 2018
28. Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus Tackles Infrastructure: (Latest News); ... hting the nation’s growing infrastructure needs, providing an important set of funding proposals – including the ‘modernization’ of the federal excise tax on gasoline – to address them and recognizing the cr ...; Created on 11 January 2018
29. NAM’s Timmons Discusses Infrastructure on Fox Business: (Latest News); ... ink that everything should be on the table," he said. "There’s has been a long-standing discussion about whether to raise the gas tax or not raise the gas tax. To manufacturers that is just one possible sol ...; Created on 03 January 2018
30. Regional Reports: (Features); ... several major projects in the Middle Atlantic region, including a $6.0 billion ethane cracker plant in in Monaca, Pa.; a $3.0 billion expansion to the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania ...; Created on 19 December 2017
31. Fairmont Santrol, Unimin Strike Merger Deal: (Frac Sand); ... large-scale terminal network across North America, comprising 96 distribution terminals with 18 unit-train capable terminals, and access to all major railways serving major oil and gas basins. On a pro ...; Created on 14 December 2017
32. Fairmont Santrol, Unimin Strike Merger Deal: (Latest News); ... large-scale terminal network across North America, comprising 96 distribution terminals with 18 unit-train capable terminals, and access to all major railways serving major oil and gas basins. On a pro ...; Created on 13 December 2017
33. October Construction Spending Rises; Highways Up: (Latest News); ... year-to-date edged up 1.5 percent. The largest private nonresidential category, power (electric power plus oil and gas field and pipeline construction) declined 2.5 percent year-to-date, while the second-larges ...; Created on 04 December 2017
34. Construction Spending Ticks Upward: (Latest News); ... segment was power construction (including oil and gas field and pipeline projects), which declined by 1.4 percent for the month and 9.1 percent from September 2016 to September 2017. The next-largest ...; Created on 21 November 2017
35. Voters Approve Transportation Investment Ballot Measures: (Latest News); ... their support for transportation funding by reelecting lawmakers who backed the state’s 2016 gas tax increase. ARTBA-TIAC tracked New Jersey state legislative elections as lawmakers faced voters for the ...; Created on 09 November 2017
36. The Q&A Forum: (Features); ... seeing growth in regions such as Asia. From a U.S. market perspective, we are also seeing growth, specifically in industries related to oil and gas, and the quarry and aggregates industry sector as well. ...; Created on 08 November 2017
37. Martin Marietta Optimistic About Future: (Latest News); ... on should begin to see benefits from the funding provided by the FAST Act. Additionally, state and local initiatives that support infrastructure funding, including gas tax increases and other ballot initiati ...; Created on 06 November 2017
38. Public Works Construction to Grow 3 Percent in 2018: (Latest News); ... to the start of several massive petrochemical projects. Next year should still see moderate growth for manufacturing plants in square footage terms. Electric utilities and gas plants will drop 13 percent, ...; Created on 02 November 2017
39. White House to Back Gas Tax Hike?: (Blog); Oct. 26, 2017 – The White House may back the first hike in the federal gasoline tax in decades in order to pay for President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure package. Trump’s economic adviser Gary Cohn ...; Created on 26 October 2017
40. Groups Advocate for Industry in Washington, D.C.: (Latest News); ... ways. “They used a host of fees, and this I think is important part. They did not focus just on gas tax, it has gas taxes, it has diesel taxes, it has registration fees for electrical vehicles and for ...; Created on 13 October 2017
41. Trump Balks on Infrastructure Plan; Senate Dems Push for $500 Billion: (Latest News); ... the tax burden to the states, to increasing the federal tax on gas and diesel, to forcing multinational companies who have kept about $2 trillion in profits offshore to bring the money home, using the ...; Created on 29 September 2017
42. Aggregates Producers Rock Capitol Hill: (Latest News); ... (R-Mo.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, he talked about the future of the Highway Trust Fund. “Everything’s on the table from increasing the gas tax, to leavin ...; Created on 28 September 2017
43. Xylem Publishes its 2016 Sustainability Report: Why We Solve Water: (Green Resources); ... goals, which include reducing water use by 25 percent and greenhouse gas emission intensity and waste-to-landfill by 20 percent each. Xylem increased its vitality index goal from 25 percent to 30 percent ...; Created on 26 July 2017
44. The Tank of Gas is Half-Full: (Blog); June 1, 2017 – According to Politco's Morning Transportation, there's a new chapter in the Trump administration's ongoing gas tax saga – White House infrastructure adviser Richard LeFrak said that he' ...; Created on 01 June 2017
45. Eagle Materials Quarterly Frac Sand Business Up 98 Percent: (Frac Sand); ... 's Oil and Gas Proppants business reported fiscal 2017 revenues of $34.6 million, a decline of 40 percent, primarily reflecting lower average net sales prices and a 15 percent decline in frac sand sales volu ...; Created on 18 May 2017
46. Republicans Balk Over Raising Gas Tax: (Blog); May 8, 2017 – Republicans are balking over President Trump’s openness to raising the federal gas tax to help pay for U.S. roads and highways – a politically fraught issue that lawmakers have avoided for ...; Created on 08 May 2017
47. Gas Tax Cut in Wisconsin?: (Blog); May 3, 2017 – A sweeping Republican proposal to fund transportation and cut taxes would flatten income tax rates, lower the gas tax and raise new funding for roads by applying the sales tax to gasoline, ...; Created on 03 May 2017
48. Trump Would Consider Gas Tax Hike: (Blog); May 1, 2017 – President Donald Trump said he’s willing to raise the U.S. gas tax to fund infrastructure development and called the tax-overhaul plan he released last week the beginning of negotiations. ...; Created on 02 May 2017
49. Four More States Set to Increase Gas Taxes: (Latest News); Legislators in four states – Tennessee, Montana, California and Indiana – have voted to increase their state gas tax to support new transportation improvements. The respective governors of each state are ...; Created on 01 May 2017
50. ConExpo-Con/Agg Bigger, Better: (Editorial); ... was a force of nature. There are some who will argue that it has become perhaps too big. Yes, it is difficult to see it all in the time allotted. Las Vegas hotel rooms are climbing in price. The days ...; Created on 25 April 2017

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