Gas prices around Illinois are holding steady as the busy holiday weekend gets underway.
In Springfield, the average price for regular unleaded stood at $3.54 a gallon Saturday, virtually unchanged from a day earlier, but down almost four cents from a week ago; the statewide average was also flat at $3.95 a gallon.
It’s a much improved picture from this time last year, when prices were more than a dollar a gallon higher on their way to an all-time record high in early June.
