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The Truth About Foam Decking on Fishing Boats
By now you’ve almost certainly seen foam decking on a boat or two. Since this stuff started becoming popular a decade or so ago, particularly on ski and wakeboard boats, it’s become more and more common on boats of all sorts. We anglers, however, are a wary crew. I’ve now had foam decking on three
Interview: Chairman Dustin Burrows on the Texas House Speaker Race and Next Session
Chairman Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) spoke with The Texan on Friday about his candidacy for Texas House speaker, a chaotic weekend in the race, and his policy hopes for the 89th Legislative Session in 2025. Last weekend, Burrows declared he had the votes to be speaker next year while state Rep. David Cook (R-Mansfield) won the
Dan Patrick to Purchase Border Wall Materials Auctioned Off by Federal Government
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a conversation with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that Texas will begin to make plans to purchase materials for the southern border wall and “give it to [President-elect Donald] Trump.” “I got a billion dollars in my pocket to do it,” Patrick said. “I will go in and buy
Social Media, AI Companies Focus of New Attorney General Ken Paxton Investigation
Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a new investigation into a variety of different social media and artificial intelligence (AI) companies. “Technology companies are on notice that my office is vigorously enforcing Texas’s strong data privacy laws,” stated Paxton. “These investigations are a critical step toward ensuring that social media and AI companies comply with
FIRE Survey Finds Free Speech Concerns Among University Faculty in Texas
Texas colleges and universities continue to be a battleground for free speech and open debate, and now the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has published a new analysis of faculty members that provides insight into the broader impacts of campus climate. According to the FIRE survey, one in three faculty have “recently toned
The Gavel and Its Gravity: Texas House Members Push for Speakership Reform
There are two gravitational forces at work in any legislative body — always in tension with one another, and always locked in a zero-sum tug-of-war — the desire to socialize the credit and to individualize the blame. In Washington, D.C., this comes most prominently in the form of Congress, the Article I branch, prostrating itself
Story Of “Man-Eating Shark” Caught Off TX Coast
I have reference great white sharks caught off the coast of Port Aransas several times since I started investigating the species in the Gulf of Mexico. This reference is from a book Shadows In the Sea: Sharks, Skates and Rays (1966) and referenced at the Gulf Great Whites blog. Now I have found the newspaper clipping from the
Bird Flu Strikes Wild Birds In Louisiana
H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is again causing mortalities in wild birds in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. This year’s fall migrations have created a resurgence of HPAI-induced waterfowl disease in Louisiana. Many different species of wild birds can be infected with HPAI. Geese and other waterfowl are particularly
The City of Ovilla passes the pregnancy proscription’s shelter area, which is home to the unborn.
The City of Ovilla, a town of roughly 5, 000 that sits in both Dallas and Ellis regions, passed an ordinance outlawing abortion within its city boundaries by a vote of 4 to 1 on Monday, December 9. × This section requires Browser. You must have Javascript in order to learn advanced content. Choose help
Seven Advice for Ducks On Public Land
You can guess you’ll have plenty of business on the water because bird season is already in full swing in the majority of the nation. Waterfowlers who lack access to private land may travel hundreds of miles or drive to search for them. Many hunters find common duck hunting to be very stressful and demanding.
Humminbird Launches MEGA Live 2 Forward-Facing Sonar and XPLORE Fish Trackers
Humminbird, a president in cutting-edge fish systems, introduces the XPLORE™ line and MEGA Live 2 forward-facing sensor, setting new standards in fish locator technology. The XPLORE Series offers seamless integration with the One-Boat Network, advanced waypoint management, 1-foot contour LakeMaster ® and CoastMaster ™ maps included, and a customizable, intuitive user-interface for enhanced fishing performance.
A bill is being introduced by the Texas legislator to stop incarcerated illegal aliens from serving society time
Senate Bill ( SB ) 552, which would prohibit convicted illegal aliens from receiving an early termination of their probation through community service, is one of the bills introduced ahead of Texas ‘ 89th Legislative Session regarding illegal immigration and justice. According to its definition of illegal aliens, SB 552 proposes that they be ineligible
