CHICAGO -- This year is proving to be an especially active one for fuel-tax increases.
On a national level, President Trump appeared open to the idea of raising the federal fuel tax, which has sat at 18.4 cents per gallon (CPG) for gasoline and 24.4 CPG for diesel for nearly 24 years. “It’s something that I would certainly consider,” Trump told Bloomberg, “if we earmarked money toward the highways.”
White House press secretary Sean Spicer has since walked back Trump’s comments, and Republican leaders do not seem to endorse raising the federal fuel taxes, The Hill reported.
In the meantime, the action will be squarely on the local level, as several states are positioned to raise fuel taxes in 2017 to meet infrastructure funding and budget needs.
Here are three states that have already raised their fuel taxes this year ...