Virginians suffering at the gas pump may need to prepare for it to get just a little bit worse, as it is expected to rise again in the coming weeks, despite Youngkin’s best efforts. As reported by Steve Haner for Bacon’s Rebellion, Virginia’s gasoline and diesel taxes will rise 7% on July 1, about three […]
RICHMOND, Virginia — The Virginia General Assembly approved many of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s budget amendments on Friday, but in mostly-partisan votes, killed his efforts to expand a ban on using state tax dollars on abortions, and to create a three-month gas tax holiday. Additionally, House Republicans and Democrats killed an amendment that would have made it […]
While Governor Youngkin may have been handed the Virginia state budget to sign, one thing notably left out was any mention of relief in gas prices, something Youngkin is still pushing to happen. As reported by WTOP, after an event in Crystal City, Youngkin repeatedly touched on inflation and other “kitchen-table issues” he’s hearing about, and […]
Governor Youngkin’s plan to help ease the pain Virginians are feeling at the gas pump was rejected by Senate Democrats as the state’s average gas price inches back up to four dollars. As previously reported, Youngkin and the Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed the tax holiday, which would have waived the Old Dominion’s gas tax […]
House Finance Committee Republicans advanced Governor Glenn Youngkin’s gas tax holiday bill and killed Democrats’ alternate $50-per-car tax refund proposal on Tuesday. The bill includes a 100-percent motor fuels tax reduction from May 1 through July 31, a 50 percent reduction in August, and a 25 percent reduction in September. It also includes a two-percent cap […]
In a move similar to the legislation made in Maryland, Governor Younkin is proposing a gas tax suspension to combat rising gas prices and inflation costs. Youngkin’s proposal would suspend the Motor Vehicle Fuels tax for May, June and July before slowly phasing it back in slowly in August and September. The state tax is […]
Some of the options to fund improvements along the I-81 corridor are instituting a heavy commercial vehicle toll, a regional fuel tax, and a regional retail sales and use tax.
