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Another jail-related tax fails. Now what? | By Jon Pilsner Loveland Reporter-Herald (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Strike two. Twice in the past two years Larimer County has gone to voters with ballot measures aimed at relieving pressure on the county jail, and twice voters have said no to proposed tax increases. County officials agree what is a big problem now could turn into a major crisis without immediate attention.
Read more...Pols speak out on gas tax hike (The Daily News of Newburyport)
NEWBURYPORT and mdash;- Thoughts of hiking the tax motorists pay at the gas pump are flowing through Beacon Hill, but greater Newburyport politicians Sen. Steve Baddour and Rep. Mike Costello say more thought must be put into the proposal.
Read more...Proposal to increase state gasoline tax draws mixed reviews in Western Mass. (The Republican)
A proposal to increase the state's gasoline tax rather than almost doubling tolls at the eastern part of the state Turnpike is drawing mixed reviews from Western Massachusetts drivers and legislators.
Read more...Challenges To Environmentally Responsible Energy Use In Today's Society (Science Daily)
Our society is rushing to escape the energy culture as we know it, in order to remake it as we don't know it. The irony is that a marginal amount of planning -- continual improvement in mileage standards, closing of the loophole in those standards that exempted light trucks, steady federal investment in renewable energy -- might have alleviated the energy and climate crunch facing us today.
Read more...DiMasi: Mass. gas tax hike fairer cost-sharing way (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said Wednesday raising the state's gasoline tax "is a fairer way to share our costs" than nearly doubling tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike and the tunnels leading to Logan International Airport.
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