Illinois drivers pay $35 more to fill up on gas than one year ago

By Patrick Andriesen

06/30/2022

Drivers are now paying $35 more to fill-up on regular gasoline and $65 more for diesel than they were a year ago. Gas taxes eat more than one-fifth of every tank.

TAGS: gas prices, gas tax, JB Pritzker, motor fuel tax, taxes

Illinois drivers pay 54 cents more per gallon than rest of U.S. ahead of July 4 travel

By Dylan Sharkey

06/29/2022

Independence Day travel will return to pre-pandemic levels this weekend, reminding Illinoisans they pay the most for gas in the Midwest thanks to high taxes.

TAGS: free speech, gas prices, gas station, gas tax, inflation, JB Pritzker, taxes

Illinois gas stations display Pritzker gas tax hikes to counter election propaganda

By Dylan Sharkey

06/28/2022

Illinois gas station owners lost their legal fight over the requirement to advertise the delay in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s annual gas tax hike. Stations now will post the mandated signs July 1, but are also telling drivers how much state leaders raised the gas taxes.

TAGS: gas station, gas tax, JB Pritzker

Biden may suspend federal gas tax as Pritzker sets up double hike for 2023

By Dylan Sharkey

06/23/2022

President Biden will call on Congress to suspend the federal gasoline and diesel tax for three months. Instead of suspending it, Gov J.B. Pritzker delayed the next motor fuel tax hike until after the election, hitting Illinois drivers with two hikes in 2023.

TAGS: Amendment 1, gas prices, gas tax, JB Pritzker, Joe Biden, taxes

Pritzker on July 1 forcing gas stations to put political ads on pumps

By Dylan Sharkey

06/15/2022

A trade group representing gas station owners is suing the Pritzker administration over the requirement to advertise a delayed gas tax hike starting July 1. Owners said they’re being forced to promote political rhetoric, violating their right to free speech.

TAGS: First Amendment, gas station, gas tax, taxes

High fuel taxes worsen Illinois families’ pain from inflation

By Ann Miller

06/13/2022

Illinois’ record-high fuel prices mean consumers pay more for everyday items. Pritzker’s 2019 doubling of gas, diesel, and natural gas taxes are partly to blame.

TAGS: gas prices, gas station, gas tax, inflation

Unions backed doubling gas tax, now push disguised tax hike amendment

By Hannah Max

06/02/2022

The same unions that supported doubling the gas tax in 2019 donated $15 million to politicians who voted for Amendment 1, a proposed tax hike sold as a “workers’ rights” amendment.

TAGS: Amendment 1, gas tax, government unions, JB Pritzker, taxes, workers rights

Illinois gas prices surpass $5 a gallon

By Dylan Sharkey

06/02/2022

Rising gas prices show no sign of stopping. Average gas prices in Illinois are more than $5 a gallon, thanks in part to the nation’s second-highest motor fuel tax.

TAGS: gas prices, gas tax, Illinois, inflation

High Illinois gas taxes drive residents across state line

By Ann Miller

05/27/2022

For Illinois border resident Brett Retherford and his neighbors, high Illinois fuel taxes drive them to buy their gasoline in Iowa. Illinois politicians’ heavy demands lose them hoped-for taxes when drivers have a choice.

TAGS: gas tax, Illinois

Memorial Day brings extra pain at Illinois gas pumps

By Dylan Sharkey

05/26/2022

Millions of motorists will hit the road this Memorial Day weekend, an unfriendly reminder of skyrocketing gas prices. Illinoisans specifically pay the most for gas in the Midwest.

TAGS: gas tax, Illinois, Memorial Day