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Fixing Roads Legislators Top Priority

Fixing South Carolina's highways again tops legislators' priority list for the session that starts Tuesday

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fixing South Carolina’s highways again tops legislators’ priority list for the session that starts Tuesday. But roadblocks remain to any plan that increases gas taxes to fund construction. Proposals in the House and Senate would eventually increase the state’s gas tax to 26 cents or 28 cents per gallon. Senators opposed to raising the gas tax have…