Showing posts with label gas prices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gas prices. Show all posts

Friday, March 18, 2022

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Virginia governor wants 26.2 cents per gallon gas tax suspension

 (Shore Daily News)


RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that he would send a bill to the General Assembly in the upcoming special session to suspend Virginia’s gas tax for 3 months. The Governor proposes using over $437 million in unanticipated transportation revenues to support the gas tax holiday. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week showed a 38.8% surge, year over year, in the gasoline index, and inflation on all items is at a 40-year high.

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Governor Youngkin to submit bills to suspend Virginia's gas tax for 3 months - Shore Daily News

Friday, March 11, 2022

Maryland's 36-cents per gallon gas tax may be suspended temporarily

 

As Maryander’s reel from skyrocketing gas prices, Governor Larry Hogan, House Speaker Adrienne Jones, and Senate President Bill Ferguson this week agreed to temporarily suspend Maryland’s gas tax.

In a joint statement, Speaker Jones and President Ferguson said they would work with the governor in the coming days to provide a month-long reprieve for drivers by suspending Maryland’s 36 cents per gallon tax on gasoline.

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Relief at the Pump: Hogan, Presiding Officers Agree to Halt Gas Tax for 30 Days – Conduit Street (mdcounties.org)