Ned Lamont floating the idea that it would be good to suspend the 25-cents-per-gallon gas tax and 48.9-cent diesel tax, according to the CT Mirror. The statement claims that’s what happened in Florida, “where a gas tax holiday was reported to have been pocketed largely by fuel companies instead of consumers.” Newsom’s office argues that California’s gas taxes are “fixed costs that don’t fluctuate with the market and have nothing to do with the price spikes that Americans are experiencing this week.” The shipping industry has made “near-daily requests,” to the U.S. Navy for escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war, according to a report from Reuters.
Author: Matt Novak
Published at: 2026-03-10 23:13:36
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