Checking NC's week-to-week gas price

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) tweeted on Oct. 26 that "gas in North Carolina increased 14 cents per gallon this past week, the highest in the nation." PolitiFact NC checks his claim.
Posted 10/28/2021, 8:55:00 PM Updated 10/28/2021, 9:07:15 PM

POLLS CLOSE, WE ARE TRACKING

RACES AND 22 COUNTIES IN OUR

AREA, YOU CAN LOOK FOR COVERAGE

ON AIR AND ONLINE.

>>> WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING TRACK

OF THE RISING GAS PRICES IN

NORTH CAROLINA.

NOW COMES A CLAIM FROM SENATOR

TOM, THE NORTH CAROLINA IS

EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE BIGGEST-

THE COUNTRY.

PAUL CHECKS THAT CLAIM FOR

POLITICAL FACT.

>> HOW MUCH ARE NORTH

CAROLINA'S GAS PRICES RISING?

SENATOR TOM, SAYS THEY WERE UP

$.14 LAST WEEK, WHICH HE SAYS

IS THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION,

AND YOU CAN SEE, HE DIDN'T CITE

A SOURCE OR ANYTHING IN HIS

TWEET.

WE REACHED OUT AND HIS OFFICE

POINTED US TO THIS PRESS

RELEASE FROM AAA.

THE GROUP REPORTED THE NATIONAL

AVERAGE GAS PRICE HAD RISEN SIX

CENTS OVER THE PREVIOUS WEEK,

AND IF WE SCROLL DOWN IN THIS

PRESS RELEASE, THE REPORT SHOWS

WHICH STATES HAD THE LARGEST

INCREASES.

YOU CAN SEE, NORTH CAROLINA,

AND FLORIDA, ARE TIED FOR THE

LARGEST SPIKES IN THE COUNTRY.

NOW, GAS BUDDY.COM IS ANOTHER

GROUP THAT COLLECTS GAS PRICE

DATA, THEY FIT FOUND SIMILAR

RESULTS.

THEY FOUND THAT OUR PRICES ROSE

$.15 BETWEEN THE LAST TWO

SUNDAYS.

YES, THAT WAS MORE THAN ANY

OTHER STATE.

NOW, THAT DOES NOT MEAN NORTH

CAROLINA HAS THE HIGHEST PRICES

OVERALL.

SOMEONE MIGHT GET THAT

IMPRESSION FROM THE TWEET, BUT

THE AVERAGE PRICE, ABOUT $3.25,

WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE

OF $3.39 WHICH YOU SEE OVER

THERE.

SO, THE TWEET NEEDED A LITTLE

CLARIFICATION BUT OTHERWISE,

THE TRUTH METER RATES IT,

MOSTLY TRUE.

NOW, FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON

LOCAL GAS PRICES, CHECK OUT

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