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Despite having 29 Democrats, House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, and Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, on Rep. Noel Campbell's side to get majority in a 60-member chamber, his proposal to double the state’s gasoline tax is still in trouble because a provision in the state's constitution dictates that any bill requiring an increase in taxes must have two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate. (Brian M. Bergner Jr./Courier)

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The final nail in Rep. Noel Campbell’s gas tax boost plan coffin may not have been hammered in yet, but a state constitutional provision is about to wield its hammer.

By The Daily Courier February 28, 2020