This year, the gas tax went up 2.2 cents, bringing the tax to 63.4 cents a gallon. On the day before the gas tax went up on July 1, the average price of a gallon of gas in California was $5.43, above the national average that day of $3.85 a gallon.
Biden will attend the ceremony with his wife, Jill, along with other former presidents, including Barack Obama and George W. Bush and members of their families to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
Utility companies couldn't use ratepayers’ money to pay for lobbying against the efforts of cities and counties throughout California to “municipalize” energy services, under a bill passed earlier this year in Sacramento.
AG Kris Mayes urged state lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs to pass a law temporarily pausing data center construction until Arizona develops a plan to address the increasing demand for the centers.
The U.N. ambassador outlined a major push to overhaul U.S. funding and structure of the U.N., including workforce cuts, peacekeeping reductions, and defunding UNRWA over its ties to Hamas, which could reshape how American tax dollars support international institutions going forward.