The governor's budget leans heavily on one-time revenues, including $1.8 billion in federal funding and a $1.35 billion withdrawal from the state's $3.5 billion "rainy day" fund.
State Representative Christopher Markey voted to increase the taxes on consumer fuels, and he did just what his constituents instructed him to do on the matter.
Every state representative in the Greater New Bedford and Fall River areas voted to increase taxes on automobile fuel. You wanted a train and it requires money.