Gov. Mark Dayton relents on gas tax; House GOP still says no

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton offered to abandon his long-sought proposal to raise the gas tax Monday, instead recommending a steep increase in license tab fees and dipping into government coffers to pay for $600 million per year in road and bridge improvements.

“Compromise requires us to agree to things we don’t agree with,” Dayton said. “That is the only way to pass a transportation funding bill this session. Minnesotans everywhere need better highways, roads, bridges, and transit. They are telling us to ‘Get it done.’ That responsibility now falls upon all 201 legislators.”

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