gas-prices
Here’s where gas prices are headed (for now) and why
The good news is that gas is 49 cents below where it was on April 26 of last year, and more than a dollar below last year’s high of $5.02 a gallon, which it reached in June. And right now, economists aren’t expecting prices to surge this summer, though some slight increases are still expected.
The GOP’s claims about gas prices, the economy are running on empty | Ray E. Landis
When Trump talks about the country “going to hell” there should be a large video screen with his image staring back at him.
Enough with the endless nonsense over high gas prices | Opinion
The blame-Biden game overlooks many facts.
Biden pitches a summer gas tax holiday as price hovers around $5 a gallon
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress and state legislatures to provide a temporary reprieve from gas taxes — but members of his own party and Republicans appeared opposed, making it look unlikely on the federal level. In addition, many state legislatures are out of session for the year and aren’t expected […]
New Jersey eyes tax rebates to offset soaring gas prices
And could the Garden State finally allow you to pump your own gas? A plan to partially allow it has been revived.
U.S. House panel grills oil executives at hearing on soaring gas prices
WASHINGTON — Democrats blamed the oil industry, Republicans blamed President Joe Biden and oil executives blamed global market forces at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday on how to reverse a dramatic increase in gas prices. Over nearly six hours, members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and executives from six […]
Biden’s toughest choices on Ukraine, Russia lie ahead of him | Fletcher McClellan
It's only a matter of time before Americans decide Biden is spending too much time on foreign affairs and not enough on domestic issues.
As usual, Republicans are wrong about gas prices | Dick Polman
It’s the drillers – not Biden – who have been holding back.
In Maryland, gas tax ‘holiday’ bill advances; lawmakers hope for lower prices at the pump
In Pennsylvania, a top Republican lawmaker is pushing his own plan.
What’s going on with oil prices? It’s more complicated than you think | Opinion
Price shocks aren’t new. Viewed historically, they are an integral part of oil market dynamics, not anomalies.
Biden declares U.S. ban on Russian oil, warns of gasoline price spikes
WASHINGTON — The United States will no longer import Russian energy in an attempt to further cripple that nation’s economy as it wages war against Ukraine. President Joe Biden announced the newest sanctions Tuesday from the White House, saying that a ban on Russian oil and gas would target “the main artery of Russia’s economy.” […]
Partisan policies didn’t raise gas prices, and partisan sniping won’t lower them | Opinion
By Hugh Jackson In 2020 the price of oil crashed, even falling to less than zero one day. Traders actually had to pay buyers to get them to take oil contracts off their hands. Oil companies would prefer not to sell oil unless they can make money off it. Oil companies are just funny that […]