PA is instituting a 29 cent per gallon gas tax increase in the near future. Instituted by a Republican governor who just got voted out of a second term by a Democratic challenger. When they see decreasing prices, they think it’s a good time to sneak in a tax.
Well, they did try tolling I-80, but the federal government said “no”. But that of course is not really an excuse to raise taxes.
The new legislature is supposed to be more GOP than the last, so it remains to be seen how un-establishment they turn out.