Published: August 3, 2012
Tags: gas, gas prices, gasoline, Patrick DeHaan, petroleum, refinery
A rare combination of troubles is driving up gas prices in the Great Lakes region.
Published: July 29, 2009
Tags: Congress, drivers, federal highway excise tax, Federal Highway Trust Fund, federal programs, federal tax, fuel tax, gas prices, highway projects, jobless benefits, legislation, mortgage loans, recession, state unemployment insurance, stimulus, Treasury Department
Jim Abrams AP Writer Washington — The House, doing some billion-dollar housekeeping before it leaves for the August recess, is taking up legislation to keep recession-hit federal programs that support highway projects, state unemployment insurance and mortgage loans from running dry. “It’s just that they’re all running out of money and we have to do [...]