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It remains unclear how Wyoming will address a $400 million annual shortfall in the state’s highway funding after lawmakers rejected a bill Monday to raise the fuel tax.

Since Wyoming last increased its fuel tax in 2013, revenue for the Wyoming Department of Transportation has lagged and construction costs associated with maintaining the state’s expansive road system have risen. The agency is responsible for roughly 6,700 miles of roads and more than 1,900 bridges, which are exposed to Wyoming’s harsh and lengthy winters.

Lawmakers, meanwhile, have failed to come up with a solution.

“To try to figure out where we’re going to find funding to put t

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