Republican legislative leaders say Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb began the work of making the case for raising more money to pay for highway projects. House Speaker Brian Bosma says he’s confident Holcomb will support a plan even though the governor avoided saying during Tuesday’s State of the State speech that he would back a tax increase. Republicans have proposed increasing the gas tax by 10 cents-a-gallon. Bosma says GOP lawmakers don’t need Holcomb’s support as political cover.
