A San Antonio doctor says hospitals are facing a crisis as COVID-19, RSV and flu cases mount before in this holiday season. In Bexar county the wait for hospital beds on the rise, and some health experts are sounding an alarm as families gather for the holidays. We’ll hear the latest. Also a big OPEC meeting, a European ban on Russian oil and the ripple effects for Texas oil producers and consumers. And in a decades long effort to open up El Paso’s Castner Mountains what could be a tipping point for a regions that’s been losing a lot of natural land to developers. Those stories, the talk of Texas and and much more today on the Texas Standard:
Affluenza
Texas Standard: January 13, 2016
President Obama takes a victory lap in his last State of the Union, and Republicans still aren’t impressed. Why are environmentalists in Texas asking for federal intervention and what the state has to say about it. Does a big power ball jackpot equal a big payout for Texas public schools? You might be surprised by the answer. And Why is America obsessed with the Texas teen with affluenza? What’s making news where you are? Tweet us at hashtag Texas Standard…no matter where you are, it’s Texas Standard time: