PhotoNew Jersey lawmakers failed to reach an agreement this week over plans to raise the state’s famously low gas tax, after Gov. Legislators had pushed to secure a deal on the gas tax by Thursday, when the authorization for the state’s transportation trust fund expired. Under the Assembly deal, it would increase to about 37.5 cents per gallon, still less than New York State’s gas tax. The gas tax measure is not expected to be taken up again until later this month. New Jersey’s gas tax is the second lowest in the country, at 14.5 cents per gallon.

Source: New York Times July 01, 2016 01:18 UTC