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New ‘Make Texans Healthy Again’ Initiative Launches Advocacy Campaign
The “Make America Healthy Again” movement has sparked a nationwide focus on wellness, and a new group in Texas is carrying the torch with a fresh initiative. “Make Texans Healthy Again” or MTHA is a new project started by political consultant Travis McCormick. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be […]
Mountain Lion Hit By Longview Police Vehicle
In the early morning hours on Tuesday, Dec. 10, a mountain lion was struck by a Longview Police Department (LPD) patrol vehicle. The police department contacted the Gregg County Game Warden and coordinated the retrieval of the deceased lion. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff took possession of the deceased lion to collect DNA […]
Elon Musk Requests Election to Incorporate ‘Starbase’ City
Elon Musk is further cementing SpaceX as a fixture of Texas, submitting a letter in an effort to incorporate a portion of Cameron County into a new town. “Starbase” is the planned name of the incorporation near the Rio Grande Valley. Musk’s letter was submitted to Judge Eddie Trevion in Cameron County. × This page […]
Tarrant Appraisal District Votes to Leave Texas Association of Appraisal Districts, Board Member DeOtte Retires
The Tarrant Appraisal District Board of Directors voted 6 to 3 not to renew its membership in the Texas Association of Appraisal Districts (TAAD). Board members Alan Blaylock, Gloria Pena, and Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector Wendy Burgess voted against the measure. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to […]
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 […]
