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National leaders mount pressure campaign on Texas House GOP to pass voucher bill

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By Jasper Scherer and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune Feb. 20, 2025 “National leaders mount pressure campaign on Texas House GOP to pass voucher bill” 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…

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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

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February 17, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 1.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.67/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 0.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 21.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Stop Making Cents!

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By Jim “Pappy” Moore Over ten years ago I wrote those words and the column which follows. I bring it up again because President Trump has launched a “new” idea which I proposed long ago: Getting rid of the penny. Here’s what I wrote to you over a decade ago: Benjamin Franklin famously wrote in…

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NETMWD Delivers Facts Regarding Potential Sale or Lease of Water From Lake O’ the Pines

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Inflow-Outflow-Graphic-1-with-Headline-Source Hughes Springs, TX (February 13, 2025) — Northeast Texas Municipal Water District (NETMWD) is in discussions with North Texas Municipal Water District (North Texas MWD) regarding a sale or lease of excess water from Lake O’ the Pines.    Discussions are ongoing, so specifics about any final agreement do not exist. In the meantime,…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: School Reform All Can Love

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By Jim “Pappy” Moore I do not recall a time when so many teachers were unhappy with teaching. Or so many parents were unhappy with schools. Or students behaved so badly in schools. Allow me to suggest a few major changes. Rule One: children do not have access to their cellphones for the entire school…

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‘Juneteenth’ coming to Historic Upshur Museum

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“JUNETEENTH,” AN EXHIBITION BY HUMANITIES TEXAS, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE HISTORIC UPSHUR MUSEUM FROM FEBRUARY 6- MARCH 2025. The 10-panel exhibition explores the context and lasting effects of June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved Black Americans they had been freed under the…

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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Remember, Remember the 5th of November

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By Jim “Pappy” Moore There’s a new sheriff in town and his name is President Donald Trump. He’s kicking asses and taking names. He doesn’t care about the pathetic whining of leftists and the activists posing as news people. There was an election on November 5th, and Americans spoke. We are sick and tired of…

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