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House bucks Pawlenty, approves budget bill with gas tax boost
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The gas tax measure was offered as a compromise by Rep. Ron Erhardt, R-Edina, chairman of the House Transportation Committee. Erhardt said it was an effort to jump-start transportation improvements after what many said have been years of neglect. The state's 20-cents-a-gallon gas tax last went up in 1988. (MPR Photo/Tom Scheck)

The gas tax measure was offered as a compromise by Rep. Ron Erhardt, R-Edina, chairman of the House Transportation Committee. Erhardt said it was an effort to jump-start transportation improvements after what many said have been years of neglect. The state's 20-cents-a-gallon gas tax last went up in 1988.

(MPR Photo/Tom Scheck)
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