California drivers and Republican politicians have blamed Democrats and high gas taxes for the huge difference in the price of gasoline here compared to other states.
Oil prices shot up more than 4% on Monday as traders reacted to news of deadly violence in Israel over the weekend, leading to questions about whether the price of gasoline would follow suit. Florida’s average gas price on Monday was $3.46 a gallon, 2 cents less than the previous Monday and 16 cents lower than a month ago, according to AAA’s weekly Gas Price Update. Tempering the .