The GOP in disarray, they say, over Donald Trump. The fix? Remember Rick Perry? The name that keeps coming back and why today on the Texas Standard. Plus the wage gap between men and women: narrowing on the national front…but in Texas government, it’s actually growing. David McSwane of the Dallas Morning News with the numbers. Buddy, can you spare a dime? Toll roads hit a stumbling block, as a top Texas lawmaker says the arguments for ’em don’t add up. Find out what it’s like to be homeless and pregnant in Texas. And, you know those local elections you likely didn’t vote in? A wake-up call. All that and much more, on the Texas Standard:
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Texas Standard: February 25, 2016
Lights, cameras, how much action? The stakes are high in Houston tonight for what could be a decisive televised showdown. Plus as campus carry laws get set to take effect, It’s becoming international news: Texas college professors told to avoid sensitive topics in the classroom? We’ll hear what’s behind the headline. And in that Texas town where almost every official was arrested on corruption charges, if you need help—who ya gonna call? We’ll do the dialing. Plus blue notes for Texas’ multibillion dollar music industry– the search for a new composition. All those stories and much more, today on the Texas Standard:
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Texas Standard: October 19, 2015
Rallying the faithful, shape of things to come? As GOP presidential candidates flock to Texas, a buzzphrase emerges. Also if past is prologue, only two or three of every hundred Texans will decide on changes to the Texas constitution and we’ll all be living with those changes. If you think you might want to have a say in the matter then we’ve got a rundown of what’s up for grabs as voting gets underway today. And a plan to help with the high price of college: free course anyone? We’ll have details today on the Texas Standard: