Democratic Leader of WI State Senate Won't Say if She Supports Key Provision of Gov. Evers Transportation Plan
Saturday, March 2nd, 2019 -- 7:15 AM
(AP) -The Democratic leader of the Wisconsin state Senate won't say whether she supports a key provision of Gov. Tony Evers' transportation plan that Republicans have backed in the past.Evers wants to repeal the state's minimum markup law on gasoline, a move he says would cut the price of gas by as much as 14 cents a gallon. He's tying that together with an 8-cent per-gallon gas tax increase. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling on Friday initially refused to answer a reporter's question about whether she supports the idea.
She then said the governor's transportation plan is a start to the conversation. Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said it was "disingenuous" for Evers to propose the minimum markup repeal tied together with a gas tax hike.
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