Gas taxes in Illinois add up to be the second highest in the nation, next to California. Now, relief in Chicago may be on the way.
In Illinois, drivers pay an average of 70 cents per gallon in fuel taxes.Some states are already addressing rising
, like Connecticut, where Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday signed emergency legislation that would suspend its gas tax until the end of June."Right now, the gas prices are so high and everything is high with inflation and all," said Lynda Kamper.lines stretched for blocks on Thursday morningThousands of drivers were eager to cash in on free fuel during Willie Wilson’s $1 million dollar gas giveaway.
"If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be able to go to work for two or three days," said another customer.Chicago's Committee on Finance posted an agenda for Monday’s meeting that includes an unspecified proposal related to Chicago’s gas tax. "We’ve got to do our part as a city to provide some relief for the people that are struggling. Not everybody can take the CTA," said MayorAdam Schuster with the Illinois Policy Institute said the city's gas tax of .08 cents is just one tax drivers pay on every gallon.
"They pay the 39.2 cents state motor fuel tax, there’s the Chicago motor fuel tax of 8 cents, the Cook County motor fuel tax of 6 cents, there’s an underground storage and environmental fee of about 1.1 cents," said Schuster, the Illinois Policy Institute’s senior director of budget and tax research. "And on top of all of that, you also have sales taxes.
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