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Unpaid Tolls High In Maine — Maybe Don’t Clean Your License Plate

Matthew McDonald

Since 2013, the Maine Turnpike Authority is owed more than $824,000 in unpaid tolls, more than $600,000 of which is from out-of-state vehicles.

It's a fraction of the $140 million annually the state collects in tolls. However, the state could be missing more revenue than that because some of the tollbooth cameras in the state are not able to read license plates that are too dirty or obscure or completely missing, according to the Portland Press-Herald.

Use Gas Tax Increase To Make MBTA Bus Rides Free, New Boston City Council President Says
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Use Gas Tax Increase To Make MBTA Bus Rides Free, New Boston City Council President Says

NBP Staff

The new president of the Boston City Council wants to use a proposed increase in the state's gasoline tax to make public-transportation bus rides free throughout the city of Boston.

"Let's find new ways to tackle old problems, like free MBTA buses to increase ridership and improve traffic flow in our city," said Kim Janey, shortly after being elected to president during a city council meeting Monday, January 6. "… This is a climate justice issue, but it's also an economic justice issue. Income inequality is a persistent and pervasive problem facing our city, our commonwealth, and our country."

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