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December 9, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 3.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.55/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 4.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 2.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore Democrats have doubled down on dumb, disgusting, diatribes in the wake of their historic loss and rejection in the 2024 election. Democrats lost the 2024 election overwhelmingly. Their weak, tired, annoying spiel failed with an electorate fed up with their chronic whining, name-calling, and identity politics. They spent their last few…

By Jasper Scherer, James Barragán and Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune Dec. 6, 2024 “Speaker Dade Phelan abandons bid for third term amid bruising leadership battle” 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.…

Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 7.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.52/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 6.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 19.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore No matter your age, these are pointers which can help you make your money go further. Let’s start with weddings,. For the most part they are huge money wasters. They are a headache. They cost ridiculous sums of money. I beseech the parents and the young people getting married. Do not…

 November 25, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.59/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 2.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 7.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…

By Jim “Pappy” Moore I write to find out what I think. I know of a number of people who have been credited with the thought, but it has been around a long, long time. My writing began in 1990 when I was forty. At first it was poetry. Here was my first poem. Poet…

November 18, 2024 Average gasoline prices in Texas are unchanged  in the last week, averaging $2.60/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 14.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 18.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of…