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O’Malley Signs Gas Tax, Announces Transportation Projects

Gov. Martin O’Malley signed Maryland’s first gas tax increase in 20 years into law on Thursday and announced $1.2 billion in highway and transit projects.

2013/05/16

Maryland Senate Gives Final Approval to Gas Tax Hike

The Maryland Senate has given final approval to the state’s first gas tax in just over 20 years.

2013/03/29

Maryland Senate Panel OKs Gas Tax

A Senate panel has approved a gas tax measure without making any changes of its own to the plan.

2013/03/28

Md. House Passes Gas Tax Increase

The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to raise taxes on gasoline in the state for the first time in more than two decades.

2013/03/22

O’Malley Plans to Raise Gas Tax by Two Percent

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Monday called for establishing a new sales tax on gasoline and enacting other measures to raise hundreds of millions of dollars a year to fund a backlog of transportation projects.

2013/03/04

Va. House Passes Highway Reform Bill; Senate Vote Next

Virginia’s House of Delegates voted 60-40 Friday to approve what would become the first major reform in a generation of the state’s system for financing its highway network.

2013/02/22

Study to Show Effects of Proposed Md. Gas Tax

The Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Maryland plan to release the results of a new study that examines the effects of a gas tax on the state’s middle class.

2013/02/20

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Md. House GOP Attacks Transportation Revenue Hikes

Maryland House Republicans say the state needs better management of transportation revenue, not more taxes.

2013/02/19

Va. Senate OKs Reworked Road Funding Overhaul

A major rewrite of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s road funding overhaul won Senate passage without debate Wednesday.

2013/02/13

McDonnell Willing to Compromise on Va. Gas Tax

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says he’s willing to compromise on a key detail of his $3 billion transportation package to get it through the state Senate.

2013/02/11