Most Democrats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives want to increase fuel taxes in Massachusetts, but they will be met with opposition.
The House voted 113-40 last week for a measure that would raise the state's gas tax from 24 to 29 cents per gallon and its diesel tax from 24 to 33 cents per gallon. That's a 21 percent increase in the gas tax and a 37.5 percent increase in the diesel tax. (It's Massachusetts House Bill 4058, An Act Relative To Transportation Finance.)
After the Super Tuesday elections held in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Republican Party's state committee looks a little different.
Republican voters across the Bay State selected 80 state committee members to work with the party over the next four years — one man and one woman from each state senate district. A volunteer position, committee members "promote the aims of each party," "work in cooperation with the national committee and with ward and town committees," and "organize and work for the nomination and election of party candidates," according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth's web site.
