Gas Tax

Gasoline sales continue to decline in New Jersey, raising the possibility of another gas-tax hike this fall. The Murphy administration thinks it can be avoided.

The 22.6-cent increase approved in 2016 allows for yearly increases if collections go down. They were $125 million short last year.

New Jersey's gas tax will increase 4.3 cents a gallon on October 1, the state Treasury Department announced. At 41.4 cents, it will be sixth highest in the nation.

New Jersey gas prices will remain steady for the Labor Day weekend. But what about the fall season?

This week we got word that gas tax collections have fallen behind expectations in the Garden State, which means the gas tax could be increased by 3 or 4 cents a gallon this fall.

A handful of changes in state law take effect as 2018 begins, including the second phase of tax cuts done in conjunction with last year’s hike of the gas tax.

Gov. Chris Christie’s tour of road projects included a new wrinkle Thursday – noting no lawmakers who voted to hike New Jersey’s gas tax lost their primaries.

The worst-in-the-nation congestion of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area causes the trucking industry to lose $3 billion a year in the Garden State alone, accounting for nearly 5 percent of congestion costs nationwide.

A new report finds infrastructure in the Garden State is in very poor shape and it will take billions of dollars to make things better.

More than $68 million was spent on lobbying in Trenton last year, down a bit from 2015 but the third-highest level on record, according to new annual reports.