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Not High Enough: Newsom blames legislature over likely 2022 gas tax hike
It appears that California's highest-in-the-nation average gas price of $5.684 today isn't enough motivation to convince Golden State lawmakers to halt the state's inflation-tied gas tax.
Will Biden Bucks convince Calif. to keep its lone nuclear plant open?
The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing. Will California take the help?
Tulare Co. lawmakers urge state to suspend gas tax
Tulare County is asking the State of California to suspend the gas tax in order to combat rising prices.
Amid sky-high gas prices, enviros press to shutter 27% of Calif. oil wells
Draft rules to curb oil wells near sensitive uses, including homes and schools, could shutter a wide swath of California's shrinking energy production.
Valley counties team up in request to Newsom for increased oil production
A growing coalition of Central Valley counties is urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to expand in-state oil production with gas prices sitting at record highs.
Plenty of blanks, questions loom over Newsom’s gas relief plan
The tax relief plan, which will require serious wrangling with the Legislature, is catching heat for its structure. Here's why.
Spring Break Fever: No deal on gas relief as Calif. lawmakers hit the road
It could be at least weeks before Californians see that relief promised almost a month ago by state lawmakers.
Bakersfield lawmakers urges Calif. to lift oil permit restrictions
Amid historic high gas prices, the City of Bakersfield is calling on the state to suspend its limitations on oil drilling.
Pelosi on Calif.’s sky-high gas prices: “How could this be?”
Pelosi mused about California gas prices during her Thursday briefing as the Biden administration struggles to confront the on-going pain at the pump.
Calif. Dems ‘hijack’ gas tax holiday bill, convert GOP measure into another gas tax hike
As gas prices inch to near $6 per gallon across California, Democratic lawmakers stripped a bill to cut gas taxes and introduced a new gas tax.
