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Texas lawmakers want to gut free speech protections and encourage more lawsuits

Texas state Sen. Brian Hughes speaks about the Texas Attorney General’s Office investigating a complaint of vote harvesting in Gregg County. State...

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Texas Bitcoin reserve would enrich crypto bros with taxpayers’ money

Texas Bitcoin reserve would enrich crypto bros with taxpayers’ money

A woman poses with a bitcoin mascot during the Thailand Crypto Expo. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar couldn’t answer basic questions about how he...

22.02.2025 10

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Some budgets slashed, others boosted, where’s the money going?

Some budgets slashed, others boosted, where’s the money going?

Then-President-elect Donald Trump watches SpaceX's Starship rocket lift off for a flight test with Elon Musk from Starbase in Boca Chica on Nov. 19,...

18.02.2025 9

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Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick reveal Texas Republicans are divided

Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick reveal Texas Republicans are divided

Texas Republicans are moving quickly to pass their economic and social priorities through the Legislature, but the party is far from unified, and the...

15.02.2025 7

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Tomlinson: Highly addictive, dangerous drugs available at convenience stores

Tomlinson: Highly addictive, dangerous drugs available at convenience stores

Gummies that contain CBD and THC Delta-9, sold at supermarkets across the state.  Hundreds of Texas convenience stores are selling untested, highly...

12.02.2025 5

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Tomlinson: Defense secretary can’t handle Black History Month truth

Tomlinson: Defense secretary can’t handle Black History Month truth

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luis Burgos, Air Force Sgt. Nancy Hunt and U.S. Army Sgt Chris Tomlinson at Bad Aibling Station's Army Ball at Prien-am-Chiemsee,...

08.02.2025 40

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Tomlinson: Texas GOP beat the big banks on climate, we’ll pay the price

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, right, listens as BlackRock CEO Larry Fink makes a statement during opening remarks of the Texas Power Grid Investment Summit...

05.02.2025 10

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Tomlinson: School voucher bill is the nose of a camel with big plans

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks on the north steps of the State Capitol to supporters at a Texas Public Policy Foundation Parent Empowerment rally on Tuesday,...

01.02.2025 40

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Tomlinson: Texas billionaire spends his fortune to become a political influencer

A banner displaying Palantir Technologies Inc. signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) in front of the New York Stock Exchange...

29.01.2025 10

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Tomlinson: Trump’s National Energy Emergency is a farce

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at on Jan. 20. Fuel and electricity prices are below average when adjusted for...

25.01.2025 10

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Tomlinson: Texas can be more resilient to disaster, it’s a choice

Boarded up windows on the Enterprise Plaza building’s blown out windows downtown on May 22, 2024, in Houston. A corner office of a building with a...

22.01.2025 10

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Tomlinson: Billionaires don’t get money’s worth from donations to Texas Dems

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, donated $8.8 million to Texas Democratic political action committees and county...

18.01.2025 10

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Tomlinson: Campaign megadonors erode the Legislature’s independence

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Texas oil tycoons Tim Dunn, left, and Farris Wilks, right, have financed conservative candidates for years. Texas Attorney...

15.01.2025 20

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Tomlinson: Abbott and Whitmire float harebrained scheme to sell Houston’s water

Remnants of buildings and artifacts from Old Bluffton are visible on land exposed as waters of Lake Buchanan recede in drought. The town was...

11.01.2025 20

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Tomlinson: Investigation links Exxon to Israeli PI accused of hiring hackers

Exxon Mobil has spent more than two decades sparring with activists over climate change. Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer of...

08.01.2025 9

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Tomlinson: Scientists worried climate change may be happening faster than expect

A tractor drives through a dry farm field occupied by wind mills and oil wells Friday, July 8, 2022, near Garden City. An airplane drops fire...

04.01.2025 3

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Tomlinson: President Jimmy Carter’s strength through humility and kindness

Former President Jimmy Carter receives flowers from a little girl on his arrival at the airport in Goma, Zaire, in November 1995.  Former U.S....

01.01.2025 6

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Tomlinson: Property taxes or high electricity rates. Which would you choose?

A Texas city is charging high electricity rates to avoid property taxes, enraging some residents. A Texas city is charging high electricity rates...

29.12.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Skip politics during holidays, let’s talk internet scams

Young people should ensure their elders are not replying to scam text messages. More than 880,000 Americans reported losing $12.5 billion to...

25.12.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Texas governor’s plan for taxpayer-funded nuclear reactors reanimates

Topping off Reactor #1 at the South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant A large dome is lowered onto a nuclear containment building at the Plant...

21.12.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick enters his honey badger phase: he don’t care

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick giving remarks to Republican delegates from Texas on the first day of the Texas GOP Convention in May. Gov. Greg Abbott smiles...

19.12.2024 40

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Tomlinson: Blaming insurance companies for high premiums is too easy

This photo provided by KWTV shows a hail stone on June 2 near Vigo Park. The National Weather Service in Lubbock said they believe the stone, which...

07.12.2024 5

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Tomlinson: Paxton picks personal attorney to shake down big BlackRock, Vanguard

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, right, listens as Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, makes a statement during opening remarks of...

03.12.2024 20

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Tomlinson: GOP thought police attack Texas universities, risk brain drain

Students walk on campus at Texas State University in San Marcos. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, right, gives a thumbs-up after former President Donald...

29.11.2024 5

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Tomlinson: Crypto-mining and AI are bad news for Texas electricity customers

Ronald Bailey, technical advisor, left, and Todd M. Smith, commercial advisor, walk through one of the underground tunnel connections at...

26.11.2024 4

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Tomlinson: Nuclear energy is exploding, and asking for taxpayer handouts

South Texas Nuclear Project reactor unit 2 control room at Bay City. An employee walks past the nuclear reactors at South Texas Nuclear Generating...

22.11.2024 5

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Tomlinson: Medicare or Medicare Advantage, what to know and how to choose

Under the new law, copays for insulin for Medicare patients would be capped at $35. Seniors would also receive a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket costs...

19.11.2024 7

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Tomlinson: To tackle inflation, immigration and disasters, fix this one thing

A group of migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua wait along a road after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S. - Mexico border, in La...

15.11.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Trump taps billionaires to run the nation, but can they cooperate?

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 05: Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) endorses Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump during a...

12.11.2024 7

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Tomlinson: Let’s agree never to hold an election like this again and fix our bro

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a Turning Point Action campaign rally on Oct. 23 in Duluth, Ga.  Vice...

05.11.2024 4

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Tomlinson: How Elon Musk became Texas’s most politically powerful Republican

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, right, jumps on stage as he joins former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally...

01.11.2024 6

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Tomlinson: Character is critical in Senate choice between Cruz and Allred

Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, top left, takes notes as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a U.S. Senate debate on Oct. 15 in Dallas. Sen. Ted Cruz,...

29.10.2024 4

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Tomlinson: A vote for Trump could land me in jail if he carries out his threats

President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House, June 1, 2020, in...

25.10.2024 3

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Tomlinson: China’s economic aggression threatens Texas economy

Tesla's corporate headquarters in Travis County. China's President Xi Jinping. China’s faltering economy has implications for oil markets. OPEC,...

04.10.2024 2

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Tomlinson: 20 questions for the Public Utility Commission about grid failures

Public Utility Commission of Texas Commissioner Lori Cobos talks to CenterPoint Energy CEO Jason Wells during a PUC meeting on July 25. Linemen...

01.10.2024 20

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Tomlinson: I tried delta-8, delta-9 and marijuana to test cannabis controversy

Army veteran Ty Cobb, shops for CBD gummies, which he says helps reduce his anxiety, in February 2023 in Houston. A woman walks by a display of hi...

27.09.2024 10

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Tomlinson: GOP AGs say First Amendment protects book bans

Llano, Texas resident, Emily Decker, right, and Llano County resident Michael McDavid, left, protest outside a Llano County Commissioner's Court...

24.09.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Top oil and gas regulator faces challengers in poorly understood race

Christi Craddick the Republican candidate for Railroad Commissioner is shown Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Houston. Commissioner Wayne Christian and...

20.09.2024 2

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Tomlinson: Texas Supreme Court could kill delta-8 business

Army Veteran, Ty Cobb, shops for CBD gummies which he says helps reduce his anxiety at Rock and Roll It Vape Shop on Saturday February 25,2023 in...

17.09.2024 20

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Tomlinson: Fracking ban is dumb, lower gas prices are impossible

A drilling rig operates as the sun sets Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Pecos. Banning fracking is a bad idea, but promising $2-a-gallon gasoline is...

13.09.2024 2

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Tomlinson: Poll shows Cruz leading Allred, triggering criticism of Dem

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in...

10.09.2024 2

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Tomlinson: Texas leads in clean energy, even as Republicans throw up roadblocks

Danny Lynch, site manager, walks through a battery storage yard Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Blue Jay solar and storage plant in Iola. In Texas,...

06.09.2024 1

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Tomlinson: Big Oil predicts more fossil fuel use, relies on unproven tech

Pumpjacks are obscured by heat as they operate and a flare burns Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Midland. A company logo sits on the side of a crude oil...

03.09.2024 2

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Tomlinson: Business group asks federal judge to overturn Texas assault on due pr

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Oct. 3, 2022, at the Lower Neches Valley Authority in Beaumont. BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink. BlackRock...

29.08.2024 2

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Tomlinson: Texas electric grid survived summer, but winter is coming

Power demand could set a record on the ERCOT grid Tuesday, Aug. 20.  Pablo Vegas, president and CEO, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, poses...

27.08.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Could Donald Trump help a Texas Democrat defeat Ted Cruz?

U.S. Rep Colin Allred, D-Dallas, visits with oil workers and METRO union members on his stance on energy and workforce issues at IBEW Union Hall,...

23.08.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Musk’s lawsuits to censor critics show hypocrisy

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, left, sits with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on May 8, 2023. CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas...

13.08.2024 2

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Tomlinson: Chevron's move to Texas won't boost Houston, not worth celebrating

The 40-story 1500 Louisiana building is part of Chevron's downtown Houston campus. A man was shot and seriously injured Friday night after an...

06.08.2024 20

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Tomlinson: How the conservative manifesto Project 2025 started in Texas

Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and...

02.08.2024 10

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Tomlinson: Senators expose problems with electric grid, solutions not easy

Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman Thomas Gleeson speaks to CenterPoint Energy CEO Jason Wells during a PUC meeting July 25 in the...

30.07.2024 3

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