FILE -- In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photograph taken in Jackson, Miss. , Butch Brown, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, speaks to reporters. At a news conference this past week, MDOT executive director Butch Brown stopped just short of calling for an increases on fuel taxes _ but he hinted an increase might be a good idea. Brown talked about diversions of MDOT money to other programs, the elimination of which he said would bring more money to the program without increasing the fuel tax. AP Photo logo AP Photo 34 months ago

FILE -- In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photograph taken in Jackson, Miss. , Butch Brown, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, speaks to reporters. At a news conference this past week, MDOT executive director Butch Brown stopped just short of calling for an increases on fuel taxes _ but he hinted an increase might be a good idea. Brown talked about diversions of MDOT money to other programs, the elimination of which he said would bring more money to the program without increasing the fuel tax.

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