Indiana's Cheapest Gas in the Country Sits on a Tax Holiday That Could End

AAA ranked Indiana's gas cheapest in the nation on October 2, at $3.79 a gallon against a $4.41 national average. That price depends on Governor Mike Braun's suspension of the state's roughly 59-cent gas tax, six months running now, and he called the July extension his final one. Keeping the holiday past October takes the legislature or another emergency order. If it ends, pump prices could climb close to 59 cents within days to weeks, raising commuting costs for your workforce and fuel costs on any gas-powered fleet vehicles you run.

Diesel gets none of that relief. It sits at $6.89 in Indiana. Pull your freight contracts this month. Check which index your fuel surcharge tracks, what its base peg is, and ask your carriers whether lane capacity holds at these diesel levels.