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Georgia’s gas tax suspension wrapped up

Nyla Kërr, News Editor

Dec 8, 2023

Photo taken by Nyla Kërr and has been altered using Canva.

After a gas tax suspension that went into effect on Sept. 13, the tax suspension on locomotive motor fuel was extended on Oct. 6 and would end on Nov. 29. Governor Brian Kemp released Executive Orders on Nov. 8 explaining the details of the extension.

“I have determined the state of emergency created by inflation persists in the State of Georgia, and that it is necessary and appropriate to renew the State of Emergency for inflation for eighteen (18) days,” Kemp said.

This order continued the 31.2-cent drop in prices for regular gas and 35-cent drop in diesel prices until Nov. 29.

The American Automobile Association, uses bar graphs to compare the average regular gas prices in the state of Georgia to the national average. According to their website, the state average was around $2.80 and the national average was around $3.25 a week ago. The current state average is around $3.70 and the current national average is around $3.20. As shown on the bar graphs comparing regular gas prices on the website, prices have now gone back up.

Kemp’s Executive Orders can be viewed here.

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Nyla Kërr, News Editor

News Editor, Kërr is spending her third year on the McIntosh Trail. Kërr has always been passionate about writing and has been honing her craft for the past seven years. In her first year on the Trail, she earned a Superior rating on two of her articles at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association. She was a member of the first Trail staff to win a School Newspapers Online (SNO) Distinguished Site award in the 2023-2024 school year. The Trail won its second SNO Distinguished Site award in the 2024-2025 school year. Kërr has also contributed to award-winning journalistic pieces such as the house editorial “The Possibility is Never Zero”, which won a Best of SNO and an All-Georgia at the 2025 Georgia Scholastic Press Association spring convention. Additionally, Kërr has been recognized for high honor roll and has received academic awards for outstanding achievement in biology, anatomy and English. She has also been awarded the President’s Award for Educational Excellence. When she is not buried deep in her classwork, Kërr enjoys spending time with her family, playing the guitar and doing calisthenics.