Our gas prices are $3.69-$3.99 depending on the station in the area. Yet, come January 1st, we will see a BIG increase at the pump. The Governor has suspended the gas tax increase until after the election, but will be put back into place along with the inflation increase. The guess is that the tax will be 40-50 cents more a gallon. Here is an article about it:
Come July 1, gas station owners are
legally required to post signs about a delay in the next automatic gas tax hike. Pritzker and state lawmakers added the signs, plus $500 per day fines for station owners, to the new budget. The law states the four-inch by eight-inch signs must state, in bold: “As of July 1, 2022, the State of Illinois has suspended the inflation adjustment to the motor fuel tax through December 31, 2022. The price on this pump should reflect the suspension of the tax increase.”
The IFRA is in a
legal battle with the state over the mandate. The association sees the signs as forced political speech that amount to political ads for incumbent lawmakers just before an election. The case is expected to be heard
June 24 in federal court.
The association is adding text to Pritzker’s version of the signs stating Illinois has the
second-highest gas taxes in the nation, that the gas taxes were doubled by state leaders in 2019, that the hike is only being temporarily delayed and that they are being forced to post the notice under threat of $500 per day fines. If the IFRA loses in court, gas stations will post the required signage, but their CEO
Josh Sharp said drivers will get the full context.
“We will follow the law and post the signs if the courts require us to do so,” Sharp said. “But we are going to make sure our customers understand the whole story about our state’s gas tax, not just the part some of the lawmakers in Springfield want to talk about.”
When the state doubled the gas tax to 38 cents from 19 cents in 2019, Pritzker approved an automatic inflation increase every July 1. Delaying the July 1 increase means drivers will see two increases in 2023: the delayed one that hits on Jan. 1, and the regular July 1 increase expected to take the excise tax to 45.2 cents per gallon.
I'll hold my breath till that happens. 
