Newsmakers 3/26: Gas tax, RI politics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Forget the 2010 budget state lawmakers are still grappling with plugging the '09 fiscal hole. Revealed this week: A pitch to increase the gas tax by 2 cents a gallon. The move would make Rhode Island seventh highest in the nation for gas tax.

It's a minimal increase that could generate an extra 9 million dollars a year to fix roads and Ripta. But critics are howling, "enough is enough."State Representative John Loughlin Minority Whip from Tiverton offers his opinion on tax hike.

Also, are they the new face of Rhode Island politics? Travis Rowley, Chairman of the state young republicans and his counterpart
Meghan Grady, President of the Rhode Island young Democrats.

And on the panel, Eyewitness News Analyst Arlene Violet and Ian Donnis, political reporter for WRNI, Rhode Island public radio.