East & West Texas Editorials Support Raise the Gas Tax. 3 Reasons Why.

Both the Beaumont Enterprise and the Midland Reporter-Telegram ran editorials supporting raising the gas tax. 

  • 2015 Prop 7 is not enough for transportation funding
  • The state still needs $5 billion per year for transportation funding
  • “The only realistic answer is increasing the gasoline tax, which hasn’t changed since 1991”

Midland Reporter-Telegram | Texas highways need more funding, higher gasoline tax