The average price for a gallon of regular gas statewide is averaging $3.22 a gallon, that's down two pennies in the past week, according to gasbuddy.com. In Louisiana, a gallon’s averaging $3.19, no change in the past week. Nationally, the average is $3.43, which is 15 cents less from the same time a year ago. Here at home, checking prices this morning in Center, the lowest we found was $3.21 at Wal-Mart, down two cents in the past week.