{"id":310782,"date":"2026-10-20T20:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310782\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:28:27","slug":"erie-county-lawmakers-propose-gas-tax-cap-as-fuel-prices-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310782\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County lawmakers propose gas tax cap as fuel prices rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 Erie County lawmakers have introduced a measure that would cap gas tax as fuel prices continue to climb.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters said the proposal would limit the Erie County gas tax to $2. While officials acknowledge the move would save drivers a few cents per gallon, they say every bit of relief can help motorists facing higher costs at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the tax cap would take effect December 1 and remain in place indefinitely unless repealed by the Erie County Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>County leaders say the measure is intended to provide financial relief to residents as fuel prices remain elevated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 Erie County lawmakers have introduced a measure that would cap gas tax as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,142,138,137,62487],"class_list":["post-310782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-county","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-gas-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}