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1. Gas Tax Supporters in 12 States Cruise Through Primaries ...: (Latest News); Ninety-six percent of state lawmakers who voted in favor of a gas tax increase and faced reelection in 2018 primaries will advance to the Nov. 6 general election, according to new data from the American ...; Created on 14 August 2018
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. New Jersey Set to Increase Gas Tax ...: (Latest News); Lawmakers in New Jersey approved a 23 cents-a-gallon increase on gasoline in order to pay for much-needed transportation projects and end a statewide construction freeze. It is the first increase in taxes ...; Created on 14 October 2016
11. Miles Traveled Vs. Gas Tax ...: (Blog); ... a replacement for the gas tax. Sept. 6, 2016 – With $14.2 million in grants awarded to seven states, The Federal Highway Administration has started to roll out its small FAST Act-funded program to ...; Created on 06 September 2016
12. Bill Introduced to Raise Gas Tax ...: (Latest News); Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) has introduced the Tax Relief And #FixTheTrustFund For Infrastructure Certainty Act (TRAFFIC), which would raise the country’s gasoline and diesel taxes, and also extend and expand ...; Created on 10 August 2015
13. ARTBA's Ruane Tells Congress to Raise Gas Tax ...: (Latest News); ... CEO Pete Ruane in a letter to House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and the committee’s Ranking Democrat Sander Levin (Mich.). Ruane noted that while the federal gas and diesel excise ...; Created on 29 June 2015
14. ARTBA Study: Gas Tax Increase Doesn't Translate at Pump ...: (Latest News); Increasing the gas tax does not result in a commensurate penny-to-penny increase in the retail price motorists pay at the pump, a study of the market impacts of five state gas tax increases enacted in ...; Created on 15 June 2015
15. Funding Answer: Variable-Rate Gas Tax? ...: (Latest News); New research conducted by the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) has found that 18 states and the District of Columbia are using variable-rate gasoline taxes to generate revenue to help finance ...; Created on 26 February 2015
16. Hot Topics: $1 Trillion for Roads, Gas Tax Hike, Tax Repatriation ...: (Latest News); ... ans who understand that it is vitally important that we rebuild our crumbling infrastructure,” he said. The incoming Republican leader of the Senate Transportation Committee said a gas tax increase i ...; Created on 06 January 2015
17. Senators Offer Bold Plan to Increase Gas Tax ...: (Latest News); ... facing a transportation crisis that will only get worse if we don’t take bold action to fund the Highway Trust Fund. By modestly raising the federal gas tax, we can address a crippling economic liability ...; Created on 23 June 2014
18. How Much Do You Pay in Gas Taxes? ...: (Editorial); ... cable, cell phone, internet, water, sewage, and household electricity and natural gas services. Not surprisingly, given the importance Americans place on transportation assets, 74 percent of us agree that ...; Created on 11 June 2013
19. Study Examines Fuel Efficiency Impact On Gas Tax Receipts ...: (Latest News); ... gasoline consumption will decline. This will lead to a drop in gas tax payments to the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the highway program’s primary funding source. Failing to change the existing tax ...; Created on 11 February 2013
20. Poll: Don’t Raise Gas Taxes ...: (Latest News); ... lines. The Reason-Rupe poll finds 77 percent of Americans oppose increasing the federal gas tax, while just 19 percent favor raising the tax, which is currently 18.4 cents a gallon. The public thinks ...; Created on 30 December 2011
21. 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
22. Americans Gassed Up This Summer ...: (Blog); Nov. 3, 2016 – A lot of gas tax money was collected this summer. U.S. gasoline consumption rose to 9.7 million barrels a day in June, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Nov. ...; Created on 04 November 2016
23. ARTBA Challenges FHWA Greenhouse Gas Proposal ...: (Green Resources); The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) challenged the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) proposal to measure greenhouse gas emissions from new transportation projects. The ...; Created on 12 September 2016
24. Looking Ahead With Caution: (Blog); ... may also be impacted positively by new gas taxes and a non-building sector that could see as much as 18 percent growth. Oct. 16, 2018 – At the Intercem Americas conference in Miami, Colin Sutherland, ...; Created on 16 October 2018
25. Aggregate Industry Market Report: (Features); ... opposite our more cyclical Oil and Gas business. EP Minerals has a very attractive market structure, is a business with strong margins and very consistent cash flows with numerous growth opportunities ...; Created on 02 October 2018
26. Construction Spending Rises in July; Highways up 7.1 Percent: (Latest News); ... nonresidential spending niches, the largest – power construction (including oil and gas field and pipeline structures) – edged up 0.4 percent, commercial (retail, warehouse and farm) construction rose 4.7 ...; Created on 04 September 2018
27. Bad Roads, Bridges Cost California Motorists $61 Billion Annually: (Latest News); ... the state’s gasoline and diesel taxes, implementing a transportation investment fee on vehicles and initiating an annual fee on zero emission vehicles. It is estimated that SB 1 will increase state revenues ...; Created on 15 August 2018
28. Economic Update: (Economics); ... investment is needed. Accordingly, in recent years, 31 states have expanded their transportation funding, including 24 of them by raising state gas taxes. Not surprisingly, public construction spending ...; Created on 13 August 2018
29. Publicly Traded Companies: (Features); ... record revenue of $284.7 million, up 2 percent for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2018. Eagle’s Oil and Gas Proppants segment reported fiscal 2018 revenue of $85.5 million, an increase of ...; Created on 13 August 2018
30. Eagle Soars to Record Revenue in Latest Quarter: (Frac Sand); ... were $5.5 million, a 9 percent decline, reflecting lower sales volumes partially offset by improved pricing. Eagle’s Oil and Gas Proppants segment reported revenue of $21.8 million, an increase of 15 ...; Created on 09 August 2018
31. MDU Resources Group Sees Construction Materials Growth: (Latest News); ... progressing on schedule and on budget, and we look forward to their completion later this year. With Bakken natural gas production at record levels, there is high demand for additional transportation capacit ...; Created on 03 August 2018
32. Eagle Soars to Record Revenue in Latest Quarter: (Latest News); ... were $5.5 million, a 9 percent decline, reflecting lower sales volumes partially offset by improved pricing. Eagle’s Oil and Gas Proppants segment reported revenue of $21.8 million, an increase of 15 ...; Created on 31 July 2018
33. ARTBA Economist Looks Ahead; Sees Market Growth: (Latest News); ... a 15-cent gas tax increase, an electric vehicle battery tax, a 4.3-cent tax on commuter trains, a bicycle tire tax and a vehicle miles traveled pilot program. "The Shuster proposal supports growth ...; Created on 26 July 2018
34. Shuster Offers Legislative Proposal for Infrastructure Spending: (Latest News); ... package, despite the initial conversations with Democrats on the T&I Committee. However, it includes the following items to shore up the HTF: An immediate increase to the existing federal gasoline ...; Created on 24 July 2018
35. Shuster Poised to Release Infrastructure Bill Framework: (Blog); ... e 15-cent gas tax increase he embraced in February, and what other offsets might he endorse? Are there any elements of the White House infrastructure plan he'll borrow? Stay tuned. July 23, 2018 – Th ...; Created on 23 July 2018
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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

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