Gas Prices On The Rise

Drivers in southern Wisconsin are paying more at the pump this week when they fill their tanks. New AAA numbers show prices jumped more than ten cents across the state and nationwide. In Madison, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded rose to $3.47, which is approximately 13 cents higher than this time last week, according to AAA. But, while that much of a jump in a just a week is nothing to sneeze at, diesel owners and truck drivers are looking over their shoulders with envy. They found themselves paying more than thirty cents more per gallon ($3.87 vs. $3.54). While prices rose fast last week – which included the largest one-day spike in more than a year – they have not reached the levels drivers were seeing in June of last year, when people were shelling out more than $5 a gallon on average.