"Under Speaker DeLeo’s tax proposal, the state’s 24 cent fuel tax would increase to 29 cents per gallon for gasoline, which is a 20 percent increase, and diesel fuel would increase by 9 cents to 33 cents, which is a 38 percent increase."

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance released the following statement today in response to Tuesday’s State House News Service story regarding Speaker DeLeo’s legal counsel applying to lead the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF).

“DeLeo Should Put the Interests of the Taxpayers Before Political Considerations”