CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Paying to fix New Hampshire’s deteriorating highways is shaping up as a choice between legalizing video slots and increasing the gas tax.

The gas tax has been 18 cents for 22 years. House Public Works and Highways Chairman David Campbell, a Democrat with support from a former GOP House Finance chairman, is sponsoring a bill to increase it 12 cents and raise registration fees over three years.

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