gas tax
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Polis applauds Biden’s call to suspend federal gas tax: ‘I would dare anyone to oppose’
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Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday applauded President Joe Biden for urging the U.S. Congress to suspend the federal gas tax to fight record-high gas prices. Biden’s administration announced the call-to-action Wednesday, requesting that Congress suspend the federal gas tax for three months, through September. He also called on states to take similar action, such as…
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IN RESPONSE | We don’t need a tax hike to fix Colorado’s highways
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(Re: “Only one ballot issue can tackle Colorado’s transportation challenges,” Aug. 10.) Let’s fix our roads without a massive 21 percent increase of our state sales tax. The collaborative cronyists’ proposal, “Let’s Go Colorado” – a huge tax increase, allegedly for transportation – hurts everyday, hardworking Coloradans who are chasing their American dream. If the politicians, bureaucrats,…
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YESTERYEAR: Legislator’s party flip infuriates local union
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Thirty Years Ago this Week in the Colorado Statesman … State Rep. Faye Fleming, D-Thornton, switched her party affiliation from Democratic to Republican Feb. 14, 1987, only six weeks after she took office. One of her campaign contributors, United Steel Workers Local 8031, threatened to sue her for misrepresentation. The influential union also took to the…
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Road usage charge ‘worst of both worlds’
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Calling it “the worst of both worlds,” Colorado House Minority Leader Patrick Neville (R-Castle Rock) is warning a road usage charge program proposed by the Colorado Department of Transportation would mean a massive statewide tax hike. In a brief statement released Tuesday, Nov. 15, Neville voiced opposition to such a program. “CDOT is suggesting the state…
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Jensen: The not-so-conservative Chris Christie
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To say New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is skipping … um … trudging … out of office, loading up Jersey drivers with a 250 percent increase in the gas tax, is certainly accurate. To say he’s waddling out of office, giving tax breaks to veterans, the poor, the middle class and the wealthy would also…
