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Anyone driving in Maryland and Virginia starting July 1 can expect slightly higher gas prices.

News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss talked with travelers who are making road trips for the July 4 holiday despite high gasoline prices.

President Joe Biden said Monday that he’s considering a federal holiday on the gasoline tax, as the administration looks for ways to spare the public from higher prices at the pump, which began to climb last year and surged after Russia invaded Ukraine in February

Gov. Glenn Youngkin had proposed an amendment for a three-month suspension of the gas tax.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is again calling for a suspension of the state’s gas tax as prices continue to soar. News4’s Adam Tuss examines the issue and the growing demand to make a shift toward electric vehicles.

Gas prices just continue to go up. At a Sunoco in Falls Church, a gallon of regular was going for $5.15.

The nationwide average price for a gallon of gasoline has topped $5 for the first time ever.

Top Maryland lawmakers say cutting a scheduled gas-tax increase of about 6 cents this summer won’t solve the problem of high gas prices. House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson said in a joint statement Wednesday that eliminating the inflation adjustment on gas would result in a loss of more than $200 million in funding to ensure the...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot are urging each other to take steps to ease high gas prices by suspending fuel taxes. Hogan, a Republican, called on the comptroller Monday to take steps to “halt or minimize” an annual automatic gas-tax increase. A spokeswoman for Franchot says the comptroller cannot unilaterally suspend the increase. The comptroller, who’s a...

Is getting gas credit cards or joining a warehouse club worth it? News4’s Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on the Virginia General Assembly’s actions during its special session.

Some Maryland lawmakers say it’s likely that Maryland’s gas tax holiday will be extended from 30 to 90 days as prices continue to soar at the pump. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Drivers in the region are rushing to Maryland, taking advantage of the state’s gas tax suspension. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Maryland is working to temporarily ease the pain at the pump. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on the gas tax holiday.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and top legislative leaders have agreed to a 30-day suspension of the state’s gas tax amid rising prices at the pump

Virginia lawmakers have announced an agreement on transportation funding proposal that will double the gas tax in some parts of the state

President Donald Trump dropped the pretense of working with congressional Democrats on Wednesday and sent a clear message that his re-election campaign will be centered on condemning overzealous investigations rather than advancing a robust domestic policy agenda. Both sides may have feigned surprise at Trump’s angry outburst, in which he said he won’t work with Democrats until they drop their...

President Donald Trump abruptly stalked out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, flatly declaring he would no longer work with Democrats unless they drop all investigations in the aftermath of the special counsel’s Trump-Russia report. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it all “very, very, very strange” and said she was praying for Trump and the nation. Trump...

On Dec. 4, President Donald Trump tweeted about French President Emmanuel Macron and the Paris Agreement, misrepresenting the foreign leader’s position on the climate accord. Macron has not said or suggested the Paris Agreement is “fatally flawed,” as Trump implied.

Where do the candidates for Virginia governor stand on the issues most important in the Old Dominion? We asked them.