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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jeff Amy

Fuel tax suspended by US state to drive down gas prices amid Iran war

Georgia has suspended fuel taxes, becoming the first state to do so after the war in the Middle East sent pump prices soaring.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a 60-day suspension of the state’s 33-cents-per-gallon tax on gas and 37-cents-per-gallon tax on diesel.

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