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Adoption Curriculum for Texas High School Students Signed Into Law
Legislation requiring that high school students be informed of all adoption-related resources available in Texas is now law, after passage during the 89th regular legislative session and being signed by Gov. Greg Abbott. Authored by Sen. Phil King (R-Weatherford) and carried by Rep. Terri Leo Wilson (R-Galveston) in the lower chamber, Senate Bill (SB) 1207
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Texas’ Age Verification Law for Pornography Websites
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has upheld a Texas law requiring websites that intentionally publish “sexual material harmful to minors” to verify the user’s age. The 6 to 3 decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton was delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas, writing that “The power to require age verification is within
North Texas Judge Sentences Illegal Alien Facing Third Conviction to Nearly Six Years
Mexican citizen Francisco Alan Martinez-Camara has been sentenced to 69 months in federal prison for illegal re-entry into the United States. This is not his first offense, as the 36-year-old has served time in both state and federal prisons prior to this sentencing. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be
ISSUE COVER – July August 2025
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Night Fishing Basics: from the Fish & Game Saltwater Playbook • So… You’ve Lost Your Hunting Lease… Now What? • Successes and Failures in Wildlife Stocking • Fish/Tech: Smart Gadgets for Anglers • Doggett’s Serpentine Life, Part 2 • TF&G Profile: Serious Saltwater Fun with Kelly Groce … plus Columns, Outdoor News,
FEATURE ARTICLE: The Basics of Night Fishing
…from the Fish & Game Saltwater Playbook Feature Article by TF&G Staff THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT the Texas coast after dark that feels like a different world. But for seasoned anglers, nightfall doesn’t signal the end of a fishing trip but the beginning. Night fishing on the Texas coast can be as productive as it is
FEATURE ARTICLE: Stocking Up
Texas Wildlife Stocking Efforts Include Everything from Peacock Bass and Turkeys to Walleye and Rhinos Feature Article by CHESTER MOORE WHEN IT COMES TO STOCKING animals, Texas doesn’t just think big. It thinks bold, wild, and sometimes just a little bit weird. From restoring Eastern wild turkeys in the Pineywoods to attempting to raise Nile
FORECAST CENTER: Saltwater Hotspots – Upper Coast -July/August 2025
HotSPOTLight: Upper Sabine Lake • • • LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop BayHOTSPOT: Cox LakeGPS: N 29 4.488, W 95 13.952(29.0748, -95.2325) Christmas/Bastrop Bay: Cox Lake SPECIES: RedfishBEST BAITS: Spoons, topwaters, live baitTIPS: Fish topwaters, gold spoons, crabs, or mullet. . . . LOCATION: Galveston BayHOTSPOT: Pasadena Reef 1GPS: N 29 28.114, W 94 49.192(29.4686 -94.8199) Galveston Bay:
FORECAST CENTER: Saltwater Hotspots – Middle Coast -July/August 2025
HotSPOTlight: LBJ CAUSEWAY LOCATION: Ayers BayHOTSPOT: Ayers ReefGPS: N 28 10.434, W 96 50.3659(28.1739 -96.8394) > Ayers Bay: Ayers Reef SPECIES: Speckled Trout, Redfish and FlounderBEST BAITS: Live CroakerTIPS: Look for shell piles and work the edges from a boat. Trout, redfish, and an occasional flounder can be caught. The trout are the easiest to
Religious Groups File Lawsuit against TEA over Texas’ Ten Commandments in Classrooms Law
Islamic and Christian activists and ministers have launched a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and multiple Dallas-area ISDs, arguing the unconstitutionality of a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every classroom, two days after Gov. Greg Abbott signed it into law. After barely scraping by through its contentious
New Texas Law Expands Victims’ Rights, Access to Criminal Parole Information
Laws signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last week include several expanding victims’ rights and one mandating that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) provide certain details about a parolee’s conditions of release when requested by victims or their advocates. Introduced by Sens. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D-McAllen) and Joan Huffman (R-Houston), Senate Bill (SB) 1120
Abbott Signs ‘Make Texas Health Again’ Food Labeling Bill into Law
Gov. Greg Abbott signed more than 1,100 bills into law before the Sunday midnight deadline, with one of those being legislation aiming to “Make Texas Healthy Again.” Senate Bill (SB) 25, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities, was authored by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) to make fundamental changes to how food products in
Abbott Signs ‘Make Texas Healthy Again’ Food Labeling Bill into Law
Gov. Greg Abbott signed more than 1,100 bills into law before the Sunday midnight deadline, with one of those being legislation aiming to “Make Texas Healthy Again.” Senate Bill (SB) 25, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities, was authored by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) to make fundamental changes to how food products in
