State lawmakers are unlikely to pause gas tax despite surging prices at the pump.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — With gas averaging $5.39 a gallon across Washington, the public has been putting pressure on lawmakers to act. However, a pause on the state’s gas tax remains a long shot in Olympia.
Washington carries the third-highest gas tax in the country at 55 cents and that burden is set to grow. A 2% increase is scheduled to take effect in July, with the same annual increase to follow every year after that.
Washington’s gas tax is a fixed per-gallon amount rather than a percentage of the
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