The News Tribune reported yesterday on the Senate Majority Caucus Coalition's transportation proposal unveiled over the weekend. "The latest proposal for a statewide transportation tax package would spend more than $2 billion on highway projects in the South Sound, including widening Interstate 5 near Joint Base Lewis-McChord and extending state Route 167 from Puyallup to Tacoma," wrote Melissa Santos. "The tradeoff: The state gas tax would rise [by 11.5 cents] to 49 cents per gallon."