Texas lawmakers say more study needed before “hog apocalypse”

Two bills from Texas lawmakers – state Rep. Lynn Stucky, R-Denton, and state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin – would require state agency or university research before the use of lethal pesticides on wild pigs. The legislation comes after outcry from Texas hog hunters and meat processors over state approval of a new feral hog poison called Kaput, which they say would hurt their businesses and contaminate other game animals and livestock.

Oil Slumps to Lowest This Year as Traders Focus on Record Supply

Oil slumped the most in more than a year after government data showed production cuts from OPEC and other exporters have not been enough to reduce U.S. supplies. Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in Houston Tuesday that global supplies have been slower to decline than OPEC and its partners expected, leaving the door open for an extension of cuts that started in January.

Around Town: March 2017

March a it’s a month to get outside and enjoy some beautiful spring weather before the blistering heat of summer arrives. A number of events scheduled for March will take advantage of those pleasant conditions.

10-year-old Texas boy invents device to prevent hot car deaths

Bishop Curry V, a 10-year-old Texas boy, has invented a device that could eventually save the lives of babies across the country by alerting parents and keeping the child cool if for some reason it were to be forgotten in a hot car. Photo: Curry Bishop GoFundMe Bishop Curry V, a 10-year-old Texas boy, has invented a device that could eventually save the lives of babies across the country by alerting parents and keeping the child cool if for some reason it were to be … more Aug. 24, 2013: A third mirror is installed into the Giant Megellan Telescope, which, when completed, will produce images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Telescope.

TX: San Antonio Chosen as ‘Proving Ground’ for Autonomous Vehicle Testing

Feb. 03–Senior research analyst Marc Alban sat behind the wheel of a Lincoln MKZ hybrid as it smoothly made figure-eight loops while maneuvering through the Southwest Research Institute’s cone test track. “This one I’ve crept through real slowly and not hit anything,” said Alban as the vehicle’s steering wheel rolled back and forth, the car driving itself deftly through the narrow cone track at about 15 MPH.

Annual PAX South video game convention draws a diverse crowd of

Ian Webster, 14, tries on a pair of Gunnar Optiks glasses for gaming, they decrease the amount of blue light emanating from screens, increase contrast and help uses to avoid blurry vision and headaches after prolonged screen time, during the PAX South gaming conference held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday January 28, 2017.

If You Happen To Find Yourself In The Alleged Live Music Capital Of…

Once upon a time, cantstopthebleeding.com was one of the nation’s top sports blogeterria destinations, appealing to the friendless and socially challenged and/or persons hungry for LOTS & LOTS RECRIMINATIONS. As the nu media wars wore down, the site retreated into near dormancy, maintained by an automated system devised by the same brilliant minds behind I’m not sure how familiar you are with the phenomena of “artifical intelligence”, but about 9 years ago the cyborg in question began organizing an annual free show in the middle of March at a respected Red River venue.

DPS: Terrorism threat level ‘elevated’ in Texas

The current terrorism threat level in Texas is “elevated” as the result of potential danger from international terror organizations like ISIS and narcotics-trafficking Mexican cartels, according to the just released 2017 Texas Public Safety Threat Overview. The report was issued Friday by the Texas Department of Public Safety .

3 Questions for Rick Perry, Trump’s Pick to Lead the Um…

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry meets with president-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower December 12, 2016 in New York. Rick Perry is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy, a government agency that seemingly annoyed Perry so much that, in 2011, he boasted that he would abolish it, if elected president.