Gas Tax Legislation Tour, Maine Edition

Raising the gas tax. Indexing the gas tax. Multiple states are wrangling with it. 

Highlights from Maine:

• Gov. LePage says he’ll veto any bill raising the gas tax
• Gas tax (federal and state) makes of 3/4 of  funding for transportation (including bridges)
• Maine’s gas tax is 30cents
• Maine use to index the gas tax, but stopped, proponents say indexing helped Maine keep up with transportation funding needs.  [Maine Public Radio]