{"id":2416942,"date":"2025-03-28T05:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-five-straight-days-of-increases-at-the-pumps-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T05:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:49:46","slug":"gas-prices-five-straight-days-of-increases-at-the-pumps-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-five-straight-days-of-increases-at-the-pumps-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices: Five straight days of increases at the pumps &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgas-prices-five-straight-days-of-increases-at-the-pumps-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2416942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the recent increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-have-risen-by-1-25-per-gallon-since-last-year\/\" title=\"... Have ... By .25 Per Gallon Since Last ...\">national average gas prices<\/a>, which have risen for five consecutive days. As of Friday, the average cost for a gallon of regular gas reached $3.157, marking an increase of nearly three cents from the previous week and about eight cents since mid-March. This surge followed a period when the Trump governance highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-picture-show-how-low-gas-prices-were-the-day-biden-took-office\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Picture Show How Low ... Were The Day Biden Took Office?\">low gas prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">article outlines significant regional differences<\/a> in gas prices across the United States. Mississippi has the lowest average price at $2.682 per gallon, while California holds the record for the highest at $4.70 per gallon, significantly exceeding the national average. Other states with high prices include Hawaii, Washington, Nevada, and Oregon. In the Delmarva region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, Virginia currently has the lowest prices at $2.969 per gallon, contrasted by Washington, D.C., where prices remain the highest in the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gas prices: Five straight days of increases at the pumps<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075149\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The national average price for a gallon of regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">gas<\/a> continued to climb, with five straight days of increases at the pumps. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">AAA<\/a>, the new price for regular gas on Friday is $3.157 per gallon, nearly three cents per gallon more expensive than a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas cost $3.129.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fuel costs have increased approximately eight cents per gallon since March 18, when the national average price for regular gas was $3.078. This was two days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> touted how low gas prices were throughout the country, specifically recognizing it as a four-year-low cost for March gas prices. Almost as soon as this was promoted, gas prices began to increase again. Friday&rsquo;s price for a gallon of regular gas costs more than a month ago, when it was $3.114 per gallon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-business\/3359225\/mike-waltz-right-ending-red-sea-houthi-attacks-america-self-interest\/\">Mike Waltz was right about one thing: Ending Red Sea Houthi attacks is in America&#8217;s self-interest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3361787\/student-loan-borrowers-credit-hit-late-payments-federal-reserve\/\">Nearly 10 million student loan borrowers risk credit hit due to late payments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3359173\/florida-jay-collins-child-labor-law-illegal-immigrant-workforce\/\">Florida lawmakers eye relaxing child labor laws after targeting illegal immigrant workforce<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gas prices<\/a> vary in different states throughout the country. States in the Gulf region are among the cheapest in the country, while fuel costs on the West Coast are the most expensive. Currently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mississippi<\/a> is the state with the least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-another-day-of-decreases-at-the-pumps-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...: Another day of decreases at the pumps - Washington Examiner\">expensive regular gas prices<\/a> in the nation, with a statewide average of $2.682 per gallon. Next is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oklahoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oklahoma<\/a>, with a statewide average of $2.726 per gallon, followed by Texas at $2.755, Louisiana at $2.763, and Alabama at $2.776.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, California is the state with the most expensive gas prices in the country &ndash; and has been for several months. Earlier this year, the Golden State was battling Hawaii for the dubious distinction of being the state with the highest gas prices in the country. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> is firmly entrenched with that honor, with a statewide average price of $4.70 per gallon, nearly 1.5 times more expensive than the national average price.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii is the next most expensive state for gas, at $4.529 per gallon, followed by Washington, at $4.146 per gallon. Those are the only states with average prices for a gallon of regular gas above the price point of $4 per gallon. Nevada, at $3.788 per gallon, and Oregon, at $3.779, round out the top five states with the highest average fuel costs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3356857\/tesla-supporters-utah-dealership-attacks-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TESLA SUPPORTERS SHOW UP IN FORCE OUTSIDE UTAH DEALERSHIP AS LEFTIST ATTACKS CONTINUE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gas prices have also fluctuated quite a bit in the Delmarva region. Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia have all rotated as the state with the least expensive gas prices in the area. Washington, D.C., has typically remained the place with the highest gas prices over the last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Virginia has the region&rsquo;s lowest gas prices, with an average statewide of $2.969 per gallon. This is followed by Delaware, which has a price of $3.045 per gallon, and then Maryland, a state where prices have soared recently, coming in with a cost of $3.17 per gallon. The nation&rsquo;s capital has an average price of $3.209 for a gallon of regular gas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2075149\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2075149\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices rise for five consecutive days, now averaging $3.157 per gallon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2416943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gas-prices-33.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35077,37295,41762,32544,32076],"class_list":["post-2416942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-economic-impact","tag-energy-news","tag-fuel-increases","tag-gas-prices","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gas-prices-33.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416946,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416942\/revisions\/2416946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2416943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}