Gas Prices Almost $3 In Some Places As National Drop Continues

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43% : The highest is in Pennsylvania (57.6 cents per gallon) -- where a gallon costs $3.93 -- while Alaska has the lowest tax (8.9 cents), according to data from IGEN. California, which is typically one of the most expensive states to buy gas, taxes 53.9 cents per gallon.
40% : Russia, the world's second largest producer of oil behind the U.S., started selling less oil in retaliation to European and U.S. economic sanctions, and last week threatened to shut off the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe if the European Union imposes price caps on Russian oil.

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