Iowans Support 10-Cent Increase in Gas Tax

Iowans Support 10-Cent Increase in Gas Tax

Aug 26, 2011

A 10-cent-per-gallon increase in Iowa’s gasoline tax was a popular idea Wednesday night as farmers and business and county government officials bemoaned the deterioration of the state’s 114,000-mile road system.

(More on support for gas tax increase in Iowa . . . )

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