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So tolls will soon be increasing along the 88-mile West Virginia Turnpike. This doesnÂ’t come as much of a surprise, as the move to double tolls had gained significant momentum in recent months.Years ago, there appeared to be a solid push among lawmakers in the deep south counties to eliminate tolls once the original bond indebtedness associated with the construction of the turnpike expired. But a number of factors, including the stateÂ’s budget crisis in 2017, derailed those efforts.Members of the West Virginia Parkways Authority Board voted on June 7 to double tolls effective Jan. 1, 2019. The move will...

A highly emotional, intense political campaign is being kicked off in Jersey - with a "candidate" who isn't even human. The campaign is to convince Jersey residents to go along- at least somewhat - with Governor Corzine's plan to dramatically increase tolls in order to save the State from financial ruin. Dr. Brigid Harrison, a professor of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University, says when you're trying to sell this kind of an unappealing idea, "you attempt to convince voters to at least be neutral on this issue, or have some kind of benign, non-resistance to it…I don't...