The price of gasoline continued to move lower after setting a record high a week ago.
The Maryland law applies to the state's 36-cents-a-gallon tax for gasoline. A driver of a vehicle with a 12-gallon tank will save about $4.32 a fill-up. It also applies to the state's tax on diesel fuel, which is nearly 37 cents.
Hogan described it as a bipartisan effort to provide some relief to Marylanders because of gas prices that could go up even higher after the country cut off Russian oil imports in response to the war in Ukraine.In Georgia, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a bill calling for suspending Georgia's motor fuel tax through the end of May.
Lawmakers in both chambers of the General Assembly approved House Bill 304 without opposition, in an attempt to give drivers a break from high gas prices.Georgia’s gasoline price includes a federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon and a state tax of 29.1 cents per gallon. A number of cities and counties also charge taxes. Federal taxes on diesel fuel are 24.4 cents per gallon, while Georgia’s tax on diesel is 32.6 cents per gallon.
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