{"id":250112,"date":"2026-04-15T00:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/250112\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:32:16","slug":"texas-agriculture-commissioner-calls-for-immediate-gas-tax-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/250112\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Agriculture Commissioner calls for immediate gas tax suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN \u2014 Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urged Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday, April 14, to immediately suspend the state\u2019s motor fuel tax to offset &#8220;skyrocketing&#8221; diesel and gasoline prices.<\/p>\n<p>Miller called for the suspension to take effect now rather than waiting for the next legislative session, citing the financial strain on working families. <\/p>\n<p>He noted that states like Indiana and Georgia have enacted similar measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas, the nation\u2019s energy and agricultural powerhouse, should be leading the way,\u201d Miller said, pointing to the state\u2019s &#8220;healthy&#8221; rainy day fund as a resource to cover the gap.<\/p>\n<p>Miller also expressed support for President Donald Trump\u2019s energy policies, arguing that state leaders must provide local relief to complement federal efforts to stabilize markets. <\/p>\n<p>He warned that failing to act would worsen the economic burden on Texans struggling to afford fuel and food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN \u2014 Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urged Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday, April 14, to immediately suspend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-250112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}