House Speaker Mac McCutcheon

House Delays Vote on Gasoline Tax Increase

Darryl Hood,
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by Darryl Hood

Alabama lawmakers delayed a vote on a proposed gas tax increase to pay for road and bridge construction after the bill ran into heavy opposition. House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said Thursday that the bill is likely dead for the session. Under the proposal, the state gas tax would have risen by four cents per gallon this year and another two…