Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday announced that he plans to suspend collections of state motor fuel taxes amid rising pump prices. The Republican governor’s office said in a press release that in the past year, average gas prices in the state have risen more than 50 percent. Georgia’s gasoline price includes a federal tax…
California GOP Joins Orange County Leaders and Businesses to Call for Gas Tax Holiday
March 2, 2022
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ORANGE, Calif.—As the City of Orange officials and business leaders gathered in Yorba Park near the busyness of the 55 Freeway and Chapman Avenue, a gas station LED sign showing prices starting at $4.89 per gallon loomed overhead across the street. “I guarantee you that any of you wanting to go over and interview anyone filling…
New Bills to Cut Gas Tax as California’s Gas Prices Continue to Soar
February 23, 2022
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As California gas prices continue to reach record highs amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) and Gov. Gavin Newsom each proposed a plan to cut the statewide gas tax for a period of time. Kiley introduced Assembly Bill 1638 on Jan. 12 to suspend the gas tax for six months to save…
California to Delay Annual Gas Tax Increase for One Year
January 12, 2022
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Jan. 10 to suspend the state’s annual gasoline and diesel tax increase for at least a year in an effort, he said, to help motorists already paying the highest gas prices in the country. The proposal would mean that the state would skip its July 1 tax hike on gas,…
Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Extending Pilot Studying Road Usage Charges
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Senate Bill 339 into law, approving an extended road usage charge (RUC) pilot program through Jan. 1, 2027 that tracks California drivers and charges them a tax according to their vehicle miles traveled. Sponsored by Transportation California, the bill was authored by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and supported by the California…
New Jersey to Lower Gas Tax Rate by 8.3 Cents, 1st Time Since Inception in 2016
New Jersey Department of Treasury announced on Tuesday that the gas tax rate in the state will decrease by 8.3 cents per gallon beginning Oct. 1. It is the first gas tax reduction since its inception in 2016. The law enacted in 2016 in New Jersey imposed a tax on gasoline and diesel fuel purchases…
New Jersey to Lower Gas Tax Rate by 8.3 Cents, First Time Since Inception in 2016
New Jersey Department of Treasury announced on Tuesday that the gas tax rate in the state will decrease by 8.3 cents per gallon beginning Oct. 1. It is the first gas tax reduction since its inception in 2016. The law enacted in 2016 in New Jersey imposed a tax on gasoline and diesel fuel purchases…
Illinois Gas Taxes to Go Up Next Week
Gas taxes are set to increase next week in Illinois, which has the highest average gas prices in the Midwest and the tenth-highest in the United States. On July 1, the tax will increase by around half a cent per gallon, depending on the blend, according to Illinois authorities. The tax on gasoline will rise…
Biden Objects to Raising Gas Tax to Pay for Infrastructure
WASHINGTON—The White House made clear Friday that President Joe Biden was opposed to letting the federal gasoline tax rise at the rate of inflation to help pay for an infrastructure package that a bipartisan group of 21 senators is trying to craft. The gas tax increase was part of an early package that called for…
Biden Opposed to Gas Tax Hikes: White House
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Friday that President Joe Biden is opposed to any proposals to raise the gas tax. Psaki said that Biden “knows that gas prices are a pain point for Americans—especially the middle-class families he’s put at the center of his economic agenda.” “That’s why President Biden…
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