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Washington Lawmakers Consider Gas Tax Increase

November 21, 2013 9:51 AM

Filed Under: gas tax, gas tax increase, transportation package, transportation revenue, Washington lawmakers

The nozzle of a gas pump pumps fule into a car at a gas station in Alhambra, east of downtown Los Angeles, on October 10, 2012 in California, where the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to an all-time high earlier this week, prompting calls for a federal investigation into the price spike. AFPHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Key Washington state lawmakers hope to negotiate an agreement on a transportation revenue package before the end of the year.

Senate leaders have proposed a $12.3 billion transportation revenue plan includes a gas tax increase of 11.5 cents.

The Senate Transportation Committee is taking public comment on the proposed package at a work session Thursday afternoon in Olympia.