While no specific tax increase is taking effect in California, at least two state lawmakers are raising alarm about a set of regulatory and business circumstances that could send pricing soaring.

The IRS and several states have issued temporary fuel tax waivers stemming from Hurricane Helene to help businesses provide disaster relief services and assist in recovery efforts.

A new fuel analysis names California, Illinois and Pennsylvania as the states with this year’s highest diesel and gas taxes, while Alaska, Mississippi and Hawaii have the lowest.

Pennsylvania truckers are paying slightly less for diesel this year, thanks to lower average wholesale fuel prices last year that led the state to drop the motor fuel tax rate.

Gov. Brian Kemp on Oct. 6 signed an executive order that extends Georgia’s excise tax suspension on diesel and gas through Nov. 11.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles.

Revenue from Louisiana’s gasoline tax is insufficient to meet the state’s road and bridge needs, Legislative Auditor Michael Waguespack said in a report issued Sept. 6.

Higher gas taxes will sweep across pumps in several states on July 1 to drive fuel prices even higher.

Congressional lawmakers are proposing measures that include a suspension of the federal gas tax to stave off soaring prices at the pump, and are considering other remedies to ease inflationary price increases as Congress averted a federal government shutdown by passing a short-term spending measure.

While electric vehicles and alternative fuels contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, their continued adoption forces states to rethink transportation funding sources that currently come from taxes on diesel and gasoline.