• CBS Evening News: “Heading South Of The Border For Diesel. As Gas Prices Go North, Americans Head South To Fuel Up. Angelo and Sharon Romano have a lot riding on a single trip to Mexico. They're hoping that a 180-mile journey from Phoenix all the way to Mexico, will save their family trucking business. … How can they keep their dozen trucks running on diesel, when fuel prices have jumped nearly 50 percent in just a year, wiping out any profit. … When Angelo learned that diesel in Mexico is half the Arizona price, he built a large tank to fit into his truck. … After they crossed the border into Mexico, diesel in Nogales was selling for about $2 a gallon. The Mexican government owns the stations and controls the prices.” (5/28/08)

• Associated Press: “Thieves see gas as liquid gold. Dale Fortin is getting a new kind of customer at his Detroit auto repair shop, customers who have not just been in a fender-bender or had a windshield smashed by a rock. The soaring price of crude oil has turned gas tanks into a cache of valuable booty, and Fortin has replaced several tanks punctured or drilled by thieves thirsting for the nearly $4-a-gallon fuel inside.  While gas station drive-offs and siphoning are far more common methods of stealing gas, reports of tank and line puncturing are starting to trickle into police departments and repair shops across the country. Some veteran mechanics and law enforcement officers say it's an unwelcome return of a crime they first saw during the Middle East oil embargo of the early 1970s.” (5/28/08)
  

• The Wall Street Journal: “Oil Prices Prompt Four-Day Week…. As Gas Costs Bite, Cities Put Workers On New Schedules…. A handful of small towns and community colleges are switching to four-day workweeks in an effort to help employees cope with the rising gasoline prices, and could soon be joined by some larger local governments. Michigan's Oakland County and New York's Suffolk County are both considering putting public employees on four-day workweeks. In Oklahoma, a resolution has been introduced in the state house of representatives recommending all state and local public employers move to a shortened week to provide relief from the cost of commuting.” (5/29/08)

• Binghamton (NY) Press & Sun-Bulletin: “Local governments make changes to cut gas costs. (5/29/08)

• USA Today: “Community colleges cut classes to curb gas costs…. As gas prices continue to climb, a growing number of community colleges are giving commuter students a 20% break on their fuel tab: They're dropping one day of classes to save students a trip to campus. The push to drop a day, usually Fridays, is rippling primarily through two-year colleges serving rural areas, where many students drive long distances and public transportation is harder to come by. … ‘With gas prices pushing $4 a gallon, I look for urban community colleges to move toward a four-day work week as well,’ says Steve Katsinas, a University of Alabama professor who specializes in two-year colleges.” (5/29/08) 

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NOTE: View the House Republican Conference’s web video, “The Pelosi Premium.”