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Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune June 22, 2025 “Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas…

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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

June 23, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 14.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.84/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 9.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 18.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

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Gov. Greg Abbott orders special legislative session after vetoing 26 bills

By Hayden Betts, The Texas Tribune June 23, 2025 “Gov. Greg Abbott orders special legislative session after vetoing 26 bills” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The…

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Trump Team’s Reworking Delays Billions in Broadband Build-Out

By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News Updated June 20, 2025 Originally Published June 20, 2025 Millions of Americans who have waited decades for fast internet connections will keep waiting after the Trump administration threw a $42 billion high-speed internet program into disarray. The Commerce Department, which runs the massive Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment…

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Growth of College Rodeo Leads to Reorganization

CASPER, Wyo. (June 21, 2025) — For the past four years, membership numbers in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) have seen steady growth. The NIRA started as a non-profit organization in 1949 and defined three geographical regions to govern a student-led board. By 1972 the organization had grown to 10 regions. For over 30…

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Ha! 😍

SUNDAY June 22, 2025 {READ IN BROWSER} “You’ve always had the power, my dear. You’ve had it all along.” Glinda the Good Witch, Wizard of Oz Does anyone else remember the lady from a YouTube video hilariously trying to sew face masks in the early days of the Pandemic Pause in 2020? That’s native Texan…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Home Builder L.J. Krenek

By Jim “Pappy” Moore In 1979 I met a home builder in Kingwood. He was a man in his late 50s at the time. He had a slight colorful accent from a country in Eastern Europe. He was a man who knew how to get things done, how to build homes people wanted to buy.…

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