CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of gasoline has dropped 10 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.24 a gallon.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg reports Sunday that prices have fallen 63 cents in the past 19 weeks.

Lundberg says the price slide could end if crude costs remain close to current levels.

In the Lower 48 states, the highest average price of regular gasoline was $2.87 per gallon in Los Angeles. The lowest was $1.85 in Charleston, South Carolina.

The U.S. average diesel price is $2.56 per gallon, down a penny from two weeks ago.

About 6,000 federal drug felons are set for early release around Nov. 1 because of new sentencing guidelines. A total of 4,131 are destined for various points in the U.S. and its territories, while the rest are expected to be deported. Here are how many inmates each state and territory can expect, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Numbers are as of Sept. 26.

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Alaska: 5

Alabama: 107

Arkansas: 50

Arizona: 35

California: 229

Colorado: 42

Connecticut: 32

District of Columbia: 12

Delaware: 4

Florida: 295

Georgia: 167

Guam: 2

Hawaii: 31

Iowa: 145

Idaho: 23

Illinois: 253

Indiana: 59

Kansas: 33

Kentucky: 49

Louisiana: 60

Massachusetts: 20

Maryland: 92

Maine: 19

Michigan: 83

Minnesota: 52

Missouri: 129

Mississippi: 56

Montana: 24

North Carolina: 218

North Dakota: 23

Nebraska: 53

New Hampshire: 7

New Jersey: 21

New Mexico: 16

Nevada: 12

New York: 141

Ohio: 97

Oklahoma: 58

Oregon: 13

Pennsylvania: 97

Rhode Island: 7

Puerto Rico: 50

South Carolina: 102

South Dakota: 17

Tennessee: 150

Texas: 578

Utah: 19

Virginia: 160

Virgin Islands: 2

Vermont: 6

Washington: 39

Wisconsin: 50

West Virginia: 59

Wyoming: 28

BENEDICT, Neb. (AP) — A small but growing number of Nebraska farmers and owners of businesses and homes are adding solar or wind power to their property to save money and help the environment.

Rick Hammond recently turned on 96 solar panels near his grain bins to start generating electricity.

Hammond says he’s proud to be doing something to help the Earth, and he’s looking forward to saving about $3,000 a year on his electricity bill.

Hammond’s solar power system cost $84,864, but a combination of tax credits and a USDA grant reduced the cost to $19,100.

Solar power proponents worry that projects could slow considerably next year if Congress doesn’t extend the current tax credits for solar power.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Three events in Lincoln and Omaha next year will receive a boost from grants the Nebraska Tourism Commission awarded.

The events were chosen to share $220,000 in grant money because they all have the potential to attract a significant number of out-of-state visitors.

The Omaha Sports Commission will receive $100,000 to help promote the 2016 U.S. Olympic swim team trials.

In Lincoln, the local USBC bowling association will receive $70,000 to promote the World Tenpin Youth Bowling Championships next year.

And the Omaha Equestrian Foundation will get $50,000 to promote the 2016 International Omaha event and prepare for the 2017 World Cup equestrian finals in Omaha.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — With Nebraska expected to see millions in new state funding for roads next year, lawmakers are looking for ways to accelerate work on a decades-old backlog of highway projects.

Members of the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee have spent the summer traveling the state to examine Nebraska’s highway and bridge repair needs as they prepare legislation for next year’s session.

Lawmakers voted in May to increase the state fuel tax to 31.6 cents per gallon by 2019, eventually generating an extra $25 million in annual roads funding for the state and $51 million for cities and counties.

Sen. Jim Smith of Papillion, the committee chairman, says lawmakers are trying to find ways to generate more money up front so work can start sooner on road and bridge projects.