LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson held her first press conference Wednesday and says she is open to lowering Michigan’s gas tax to give drivers relief from high prices.
The stance represents a major policy pivot from her previous platform, which warned that pausing the state’s 52-cent-per-gallon tax would “blow a hole” in the state budget and halt essential infrastructure and road repairs.
Benson has primarily blamed soaring regional fuel prices on the ongoing war in Iran while simultaneously advocating for a holiday on the federal 18.4-cent gas tax.
She says it doesn’t matter who gets the credit for lowering the price at the pump, she just wants the costs to go down.
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