Gas prices continued to fall throughout the nation on Tuesday, bringing financial relief to people in the country as consumer prices rise in other areas. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $3.

This week’s national average diesel price fell to $3.582, while the national average gasoline price fell to $3.069.

Gas prices in the state have gone down according to AAA. The average price of gas in Maine dropped a penny and now sits at $3.06 a gallon. The average price nationally also went down by a penny in the last week and is now $3.

Average gasoline prices in Iowa have increased by 5.7 cents per gallon over the past week, reaching an average of $2.93 per gallon, according to GasBuddy's surv