COTC - 2 Jan 2026 - Michigan Gas Tax System

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Good morning, Northern Michigan,

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and happy New Year. Today is fake Monday.

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That's what we call it at work. It's

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also

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the, first

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workday of the month, the first workday

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of the

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year,

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and it's also Friday.

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So, anyway, let's get on with the news

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or not news. Get on with the weather.

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Hey. There we go. Isolated snow showers before

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1PM today. Mostly

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cloudy with a high near 20. West wind,

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five to 10 miles per hour.

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20% chance of precipitation.

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Tonight, mostly cloudy, low around 15. West winds

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around five.

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Tomorrow, snow showers likely mainly after 1PM.

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Cloudy with a high near 25.

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West wind, five to 10 miles an hour.

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Chance precipitation,

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70%. New snow accumulation, less than one inch

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possible.

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And, just looking through the weekend here, it

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does appear that we're gonna get some more

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snow. So a little bit on

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Friday night, a little bit on Saturday,

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a little bit on Sunday.

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Actually, a lot on Sunday, apparently. So,

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anyway, beware of that. And,

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today being the

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first, you know, business day of the year,

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I guess,

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Michigan implemented

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a new,

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or a a raised

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fuel tax, but

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the way they did it is not going

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to affect fuel prices

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that much. It might a little bit,

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but so far, you know, yesterday didn't look

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like there was too many of them that

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had raised their prices. But what they're doing

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is they're getting away or getting away from

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the 6%

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sales tax on gasoline. So they've they've canceled

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that. So no 6%

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on, you know, your total bill.

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But what they did is they raised the

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state gas tax from 31¢

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a gallon to 52.4¢

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a gallon.

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And

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the thing is, it's not really raising the

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price of gas

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so much because

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it's on a strict per gallon basis rather

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than the 6%

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on top of what they were charging per

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gallon before.

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So it should only

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up the gas price maybe a penny or

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2,

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which is what I've been seeing. So that's

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a good thing. I don't know. You know,

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I guess they need more money than, you

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know, everybody does or at least, maybe not

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more money, but,

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different money, I guess.

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Because the the reason they're doing it is

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the

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the new gas tax, all of it is

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going

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to roads and bridges instead of the general

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fund. So,

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hopefully that will

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fix our damn roads as the governor said

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famously in her campaign.

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So

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let's,

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let's hope that's what it does. Other than

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other than I hate construction,

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it is necessary.

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But, so don't expect a huge bump in

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your gas bill or your gasoline bill,

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but,

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maybe a little,

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but

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no more sales tax on gasoline.

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So

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like I said, it should work out. You

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know, figure

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6% of your, you know, say you get

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$50 worth of gas and then they add

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6%

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sales tax,

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you know, that bumps it up quite a

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bit.

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But since they they're they took that away

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and then it's a per gallon thing,

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It it does work out. The math does

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work out, and I did notice that,

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you know, yesterday driving around, I didn't see

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any gas stations with raised prices.

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So I'm sure they'll figure another reason to

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raise it. You know, they always do, but

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it

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doesn't seem so bad.

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And, yeah. Sorry. I'm a little late this

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morning.

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I don't know what happened, but, it

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just ended up I didn't have time until

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now. So a little bit late this morning.

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Hope, your day is going well. Happy Friday.

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Happy New Year. All that good stuff, and

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we will catch you on Monday.