Lawmakers considered other ways to fund the state's megaprojects, highway maintenance and ferries, but stuck with the gas tax because of its low overhead.

According to the IRS, business mileage is any mileage driven between two places of work. That means you can reimburse your employees for work-related trips outside their regular commute.

Elon Musk had advocated ending the $7,500 tax credit for buyers of Tesla and other automakers’ EVs. But with the end of that credit included in the the “big, beautiful bill,” he and the now ...