Texas Governor Abbott declared a statewide disaster over diesel prices on September 28, 2026, covering all 254 counties.
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The Health Ranger ReportOct 22, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources confirm Governor Abbott declared a statewide disaster on Monday, September 28, 2026 over high diesel prices, and the official Texas proclamation declares a state of disaster for all Texas counties (Fox 4 reports all 254 counties). The claim departs from the post only trivially; the post's own referent is resolved correctly.
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… That was issued on September 24th, but there are other states also, on top of that, that have issued emergency orders, and I've got a list of six of them here: Texas, September 28, Governor Abbott declared a statewide disaster over the skyrocketing diesel prices, covers all 254 counties of Texas; North Dakota, September 29, Governor Kelly Armstrong declared a state of emergency over diesel supplies availability, etc.; Illinois, October 6, Governor Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation, covers all 102 counties, and permits the on-road use of …
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Supports. The official Texas governor's proclamation dated September 28, 2026 declares a state of disaster for all Texas counties over the diesel fuel shortage.[2]
Supports. Reuters and the Washington Post both report that Abbott declared a statewide disaster on Monday (September 28) over high fuel and diesel prices.[1][3]
Supports. Fox 4 reports the proclamation covered all 254 Texas counties in response to record diesel prices and shortages.[4]
Context. The Texas Tribune and Houston Public Media describe the declaration as allowing expanded dyed diesel use and lifting weight restrictions; the 20-cent fuel tax is not waived.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1White House weighs red-dyed diesel tax relief to lower fuel pricesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Diesel Fuel Disaster Declarationgov.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Texas governor declares emergency to bring down fuel ...washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Gov. Greg Abbott declares statewide emergency over soaring dieselfox4news.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Abbott declares disaster over high diesel prices in Texastexastribune.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Gov. Greg Abbott declares statewide disaster proclamation ...houstonpublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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- Kentucky Governor declared a state of emergency on October 7, 2026, via Executive Order 667, which cuts the state diesel tax by 10 cents per gallon.Mixed
- North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong declared a state of emergency over diesel supply availability on September 29, 2026.True
- Illinois Governor Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation on October 6, 2026, covering 102 counties and permitting the on-road use of red-dyed diesel.True
- Michigan Governor Whitmer issued a state of emergency on October 12, 2026, allowing farm and logging vehicles to use red-dyed diesel on highways.True