Some 30 states have raised their fuel taxes since 2003 — including Republican-led Ohio, Arkansas and Alabama this year — according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. States tack on an average tax of nearly 29 cents per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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