Lawmakers Try Making Life Worse For Americans As Gas Prices Wallop Pocketbooks
1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026
As Americans grapple with painful prices at the pump amidst a global oil crisis, some Alaskan lawmakers seem intent on making that pain even worse. The 49th state is debating a tax increase on certain oil and gas…
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