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COPPELL (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Retail gasoline prices across Texas rose 2-cents this week to reach an average $2.03 per gallon.

AAA Texas on Thursday reported the nationwide price at the pump held steady at $2.25 per gallon this week.

The association survey found Corpus Christi has the cheapest gasoline statewide at an average $1.96 per gallon. Texarkana has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $2.09 per gallon.

AAA spokesman Doug Shupe says Texas gasoline prices continue to be among the least expensive in the country. "Texans are paying 22 cents less per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline compared to the national average," he said.

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.25.

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