As we prepare to gather with family and friends this Labor Day Weekend, there will still not be any relief at the gas pump. Triple-A says the average price is about 60-cents higher than at the beginning of the year, with motorists finding it increasingly challengling to find gas for less than five-dollars a gallon. That’ll make it the second-highest price in nearly 20 years for this time of year. Last year was even worse, when the start of the Russia-Ukraine war limited oil production and supplies and caused prices to soar to over six-dollars. This year, Triple-A Spokesman John Treanor says weather is the biggest factor for the latest spike…

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Meanwhile, Treanor points out that it’s always difficult to say where price trends will go…

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Treanor says Triple-A also typically stays away from what are usually politically-tinged discussions about reducing reliance on foreign oil.