Keisha Lance Bottoms presses Gov. Kemp to suspend diesel tax again
Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms called on Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) to revive his earlier suspension of the state’s fuel excise tax to bring down the cost of diesel fuel.
TL;DR
- Keisha Lance Bottoms, Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial nominee, has called on Gov. Brian Kemp to suspend the state's fuel excise tax again.
- The request comes amid rising diesel fuel costs.
- Gov. Kemp previously suspended the fuel excise tax for 60 days in March, later extending it to May, but it has since expired.
- The expiration of the tax suspension resulted in an increase of $0.33 per gallon for gasoline and $0.37 per gallon for diesel.