High gas prices eating into Texans’budgets

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  • PERSONAL RECORD Benjamin’s Leon Schmidt ended his track career last week at the regional meet with a personal record of 11 ft.-6 inches, coming close to 12 ft. in the pole vault at the regional trackmeet.| COURTESYPHOTO
    PERSONAL RECORD Benjamin’s Leon Schmidt ended his track career last week at the regional meet with a personal record of 11 ft.-6 inches, coming close to 12 ft. in the pole vault at the regional trackmeet.| COURTESYPHOTO
  • High gas prices eating into Texans’ budgets
    High gas prices eating into Texans’ budgets

    AUSTIN— The average price for a gallon of gasoline in Texas has risen from $2.55 in early February to $3.91 as of Sunday, according to AAA. Diesel prices hover around $5 a gallon. The average Texan now spends $233 a month on gasoline, according to a study reported in The Texas Tribune.

    “It’s all crazy,” Victor Cortez, a 40-year-old Austin construction worker, said while filling up his pickup truck.…