Virginia Public Radio

The Virginia Senate’s Democratic Leader says he will introduce legislation this week to raise new revenue for transportation that will include increasing the state’s 17.5-cents-per-gallon gas tax.  The bill would compete with Governor McDonnell’s proposal to repeal the gas tax and replace the revenue with a .8 percent sales tax increase.  And as Virginia Public Radio’s Anne Marie Morgan reports, Democrats say the Governor’s bill won’t pass the Senate—and their plan is a viable alternative.