The Minnesota Senate has approved a PERMANENT gas tax increase of four cents, along with an additional PENNY tax for ONE year to help pay for repairs to roads and bridges damaged in Spring floods. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports: The vote was close...34-to-31...and debate often broke down along urban-rural lines. It's a split that OFTEN surfaces over debates concerning transportation dollars, and was most evident during an exchange between DFL Senator Jane Ranum of Minneapolis, and Minority Leader Dean Johnson of Willmar: BITE: 22-secs Metropolitan legislators want the formula for divvying up