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The BDN Editorial Boa adidas yeezy rd operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on聽bangordailynews.Suspending the federal gas tax, as President Joe Biden called on Congressto do last week, is a monumentally bad idea.Gas prices are at historically high levels, and that is hurting many Americans, especially those who have long commutes to work.But, suspending the gas tax wont necessarily lower those prices and it could leave a widening hole in the funding needed to maintain our roads and other transportation infrastructure.Congress should reject this proposal, as should governors, whom Biden pushed to suspend their state fuel taxes as well.On Wednesday, the president urged Congress to s air force 1 uspend federal fuel tax adidas sambarose es, which are 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24.4 cents a gallon on diesel fuel, for 90 days. Suspending the federal gas tax for three months would save the average Maine driver $28, according to the Maine Department of Transportation.I fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem, Biden said in a speechon Wednesday. But it will provide families some immediate relief, just a little bit of breathing room as we continue working to bring down prices for the long haul.That little bit of breathing room could come at a steep price. For one, there is no guarantee that oil and gas companies, which have made record profits in Jves Defense bill is meant to protect America, not undermine environmental protections
Human remains found earlier this month in a wooded area in Augusta have been identified as those of a missing Gardiner woman.The Maine medical examiners office identified the remains found April 7 south of the Cushnoc bridge as those of 29-year-old Megan Gregory, who was last seen in early June 2017, according to Gardiner police Ch owala cup ief James Toman and Augusta police Deputy Chief Kevin Lully.Gregory, who had struggled with substance use issues, had moved back to Maine from New York in 2016 stanley shop and had cut off all contact with her family, couch-surf yeezy store ing in Augusta, in Gardiner and in Bath, according to the Kennebec Journal.Police said that Gregorys death is not suspicious, though an official cause of death has not been determined.Toman and Lully said that evidence indicates that Gregorys body had likely been at the location where she was found since she was reported missing.More articles from the BDN |
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