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TPWD Predicts Strong Whitetail Season
Drought-quenching spring rains and productive habitats have led biologists to predict another year of plentiful opportunities for hunters to fill their bellies and freezers with their harvests. “The expectation of another bountiful year of hunting opportunities is great news for the nearly one million white-tailed deer hunters gearing up to enter the field next month,”
Four Takeaways from Texas’ Last Campaign Finance Reports Before Election
The latest campaign finance reports spanning from September 27 through October 26 have been published. These will be the last formal finance reports published, save for daily cash-on-hand disclosures before the election. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser
Rep. Jeff Leach ‘Ex Parte’ Messages with Court of Criminal Appeals Judge over Robert Roberson Published
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) has issued a letter detailing “ex parte” communication between State Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano) and a sitting judge regarding the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson. Roberson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2003 in connection with the death of his two-year-old daughter,
Republican Don McLaughlin Faces Democrat Cecilia Castellano for South Texas House District
Texas House District (HD) 80, situated southwest of San Antonio beside the southern border, will be the battlefield of an electoral showdown between Democratic candidate Cecilia Castellano and Republican nominee Don McLaughlin. Castellano defeated challenger Rosie Cuellar, sister of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28), in a runoff for the nomination back in May. Cuellar crossed party
Funds Will Benefit Gulf Red Snapper
NOAA Fisheries officials have announced they will award approximately $2 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds to collect data and improve modeling through partnerships with the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami. These partnerships are critical to NOAA Fisheries’ work to improve scientific
Feds Activate Plan To Enhance Wildlife Habitat Connectivity
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a Department-wide effort to support connectivity of wildlife habitat on working landscapes through the management of National Forests and voluntary conservation assistance on private agricultural lands. In a memorandum released this week, Vilsack detailed plans of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to drive coordination and action within the Department to improve
National Weather Service Modifies Cold Warnings
Cold weather can be deadly – people exposed to extreme cold are susceptible to frostbite and can succumb to hypothermia in minutes. So as we prepare for the frigid wind chills and sub-freezing temperatures that winter can bring, NOAA’s National Weather Service is simplifying a suite of cold weather forecast products to improve messaging of winter hazards and
Flounder Closure Set To Begin
The Texas flounder season is closes Nov 1 – Dec 14 The season has been closed next door in Louisiana for two weeks. An annual closed season for the recreational and commercial harvest of Southern Flounder from October 15 through November 30 of each year was finalized in 2022. We didn’t want these dates to slip
The Great Paddle-Tail Rigging Debate
Fish with paddle-tail lure long enough, and sooner or later someone will say “hey, you put your paddle-tail on upside-down.” So, which way is that paddle supposed to face, up, or down!? Is that paddle meant to face up, or should it face down? An exhaustive look at manufacturer recommendations and the lures themselves shows
Scaredy-Cat Speckled Trout
You may remember that I spent a good deal of last year observing a black drum’s behavior (see Black Drum Observations) in a very large aquarium. Well, that super-cool fish unfortunately met his demise when he attempted to eat one of his cohabitants, a large eel. The phrase “bit off more than he could chew”
Two Texas House Coalitions Provide Different Responses to OAG Robert Roberson Documents Release
Two groups within the Texas House of Representatives have taken opposing sides on the issue of death row inmate Robert Roberson, each responding to a series of documents released this week by the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The OAG released documents from Roberson’s trial that highlight aspects of his conviction that had
Attorney General’s Lawsuit Against Harris County Guaranteed Basic Income Program Dismissed
A district court judge has declined to block a Harris County guaranteed basic income (GBI) program that will provide monthly stipends to randomly selected residents and dismissed a lawsuit arguing the plan is illegal under the Texas Constitution. Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and
