Politics & Government

Pain at the Pump: Should SC Raise Its Gas Tax?

A new group wants state lawmakers to increase gas taxes to cover transportation needs.

A new lobbying effort hopes to get South Carolina to raise its gas prices to pay for transportation needs.

The S.C. Alliance to Fix Our Roads says $50 billion in road improvements are needed over the next 20 years, according to an article in The State.

Raising the state's 16-cent per-gallon gas tax — the third lowest in the country — is one way to pay for those improvements.

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