Local gas prices continue downward
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 1.6 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.33 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average has increased 1 cent a gallon in the last week to $3.51, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 29.9 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 15.5 cents a gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 7.8 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 26.8 cents lower than a year ago.
“Oil prices have rebounded, and with the recent strength in stocks trickling over to commodities, I do expect retail gasoline prices to inch up in the weeks ahead,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan.
“The biggest increases will be along the West Coast where gasoline supply remains at an ultra-tight status, but prices will also increase in many other areas, led higher by the rally in crude prices we’ve witnessed in the last week.”
Deal signs bill to exempt aircraft parts
BRUNSWICK — Gov. Nathan Deal has signed House Bill 164, which exempts aircraft parts from state sales taxes during a ceremony at Gulfstream Aerospace’s maintenance and repair facility at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport.
State Rep. Alex Atwood, R-Brunswick, who attended the signing, said he carried the bill in the House “primarily due to the aircraft industry we have here on the coast. Plus, I like airplanes a lot.”
Atwood said the bill will mean keeping jobs in Georgia and attracting some new ones.
The bill focuses on industries such as Gulfstream, which has a manufacturing facility in Savannah, but it will reach throughout the state, Atwood said.
The bill is necessary because it would be too easy to simply fly the aircraft to competing states like South Carolina, Florida and Alabama to save money on expensive parts, Atwood said.
Georgia Southern among ‘greenest’ colleges
Georgia Southern University has been recognized as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible “green colleges” by the Princeton Review and the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council for the third consecutive year.
The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2013 Edition profiles Georgia Southern and 319 other schools in the U.S. that demonstrate notable commitments to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation.