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Texas House Approves Decriminalization Bills for Weed and More New drug reform bills are moving quickly through the Texas Legislature, and we may even see some of these bills signed into law before the end of the year. UPDATE: #HB2593 passed second reading with no debate! It is now engrossed and will be scheduled for it's final reading... HB 2593 is gaining momentum and would reduce the penalty of up to 2 ounces of cannabis concentrate from a felony charge to a class B misdemeanor. HB 2593 has already passed a Texas House committee and is now moving to the Senate. Now that's where thin...

Things are heating up in Central Texas, and that means it's almost time to load up the boat and head to Lake Belton for the Spring Classic Bass Tournament. Registration is open now for the 20th annual tournament happening Saturday, May 8. Proceeds will benefit the Central Texas Area of Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Association's (CTACPSA) Annual Scholarship Fund, so you'll be out doing what you love while helping a great cause. Get our free mobile app You can also get signed up at Temple Lake Park, 14190 FM2305 in Belton, on the day of the tournament beginning at 4:30 AM. The tournament st...

Do you remember the 2003 movie School of Rock starring Jack Black? Remember the guy who replaced Black's character, Dewey, in the fictional band No Vacancy? It turns out that guy has been the district attorney in Tyler County, Texas since 2018. How am I just hearing about this? Thanks to Twitter user @VeryBadLlama, I now know that Lucas Babin, who played a guitarist named Spider in the comedy classic, is an accomplished attorney. Who knew? (Probably everyone but me!) Get our free mobile app Now, I try not to just blindly believe what I read on the internet (especially Twitter), and thought...

ERCOT Releases Preliminary Report on Texas Power Outages It's been almost two months since Winter Storm Uri left millions of Texans without electricity during sub-zero conditions and at least 125 people dead, and we've all been waiting for answers. From the looks of a preliminary report issued by ERCOT Tuesday, it looks like we'll be waiting a little longer. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas "report" isn't very long - only 9 pages of a PDF slideshow with two introductory pages. It was submitted Tuesday by ERCOT's Grid Planning and Operations Vice President Woody Rickerson and was ad...

Spring means Central Texas families are out looking for patches of bluebonnets where they can take family photos, and I have a recommendation. First, let me say that it's always fun trying to explain this phenomenon to folks who aren't from Texas. We had a Microsoft Teams meeting at work today that looped in some people from the East Coast, the look of puzzlement on their faces when I brought up bluebonnet season was priceless. I explained to them that this time of year, it's not uncommon to see caravans of family cars parked along the road with people piling out to get their family's bluebon...