Tulare County is asking the State of California to suspend the gas tax in order to combat rising prices.

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Tulare County is asking the State of California to suspend the gas tax in order to combat rising prices.
Draft rules to curb oil wells near sensitive uses, including homes and schools, could shutter a wide swath of California’s shrinking energy 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.
The tax relief plan, which will require serious wrangling with the Legislature, is catching heat for its structure. Here’s why.
It could be at least weeks before Californians see that relief promised almost a month ago by state lawmakers.
Amid historic high gas prices, the City of Bakersfield is calling on the state to suspend its limitations on oil drilling.
The lawsuit argued that the diversity-on-boards law violated the state’s constitutional equal protection clause.
All signs point to the fast-paced marketplace of the last couple years continuing for at least the next several months.
Pelosi mused about California gas prices during her Thursday briefing as the Biden administration struggles to confront the on-going pain at the pump.
The U.S. Supreme Court is diving into a legal beef centering on how pork is raised.