18 Cents a Gallon? 20 Cents? Two Governors Float Major Gas Tax Hikes

Governing: The prospect of raising gas taxes often makes politicians skittish, whether at the state or federal level. But two Midwestern governors -- one Democrat and one Republican -- are showing no such qualms. They’re not only calling for gas tax hikes, they’re calling for those hikes to be big.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is leading the charge to raise his state’s gas tax by 18 cents a gallon. That’s on top of the 28 cents a gallon Ohio currently charges motorists, and it’s roughly equivalent to the 18.4 cents the federal government has charged on every gallon of gasoline since 1993.

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