AS THE WAR IN IRAN CONTINUES…..GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR TOOK STEPS YESTEDAY TO HELP KENTUCKIANS WITH RISING GAS PRICES….
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED AN EMERGENCY REGULATION TO FREEZE THE COMMONWEALTH’S PORTION OF THE GAS TAX AT 26-POINT-FOUR CENTS A
GALLON…..AHEAD OF AN EXPECTED INCREASE TO 27-CENTS ON JULY FIRST…..
HE ALSO SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY…..WHICH WILL REDUCE THE GAS TAX BY 10-CENTS PER GALLON…..WITH AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF MAY 11TH….WHICH ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN SAID HE WOULD SIGN OFF ON SINCE IT WILL FREEZE A COUPLE OF STATUES
THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS….
THE GOVERNOR ALSO ACTIVATED THE COMMONWEALTH’S “PRICE GOUGING LAW”S…..
AND SENT LETTERS URGING LEADERSHIP IN CONGRESS AND LEADERS IN KENTUCKY’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SUSPEND THE FEDERAL GAS TAX UNTIL
THE END OFTHE YEAR…..