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Billy Ball Explains NC: Republicans don’t want you to know THIS about rising gas prices


Right now, you can draw a straight line between the war that President Trump started in Iran and gas prices. We did the math.

In late February, before the US and Israel bombed Iran, AAA reported the national average price of regular unleaded at $2.98 per gallon. Today in North Carolina, it’s about $4.
And right now, you can draw a straight line between the war that President Trump started in Iran and the cost of gas.
In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we break down the math behind what you pay at the gas pump. And why the people you vote for to represent you in Congress can play a direct role in it right now.
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  • Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine’s senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He’s also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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