Central Texas top stories for April 12, 2023. Texas House approves medical marijuana changes. Salvation Army closing Downtown Austin facility this week. Central Health CEO stepping down. Georgetown ISD names interim superintendent. Moontower Comedy Festival begins. Austin summer pools plan.
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Texas Standard: March 22, 2019
Safe or unsafe? After assurances that smoke from a petrochemical fire near Houston was not toxic, concerns grow over the environmental implications. From the Gulf Coast west to Katy and beyond, efforts are underway to assess the full impact of the 4-day long fire. Also, the head of homeland security comes to Texas amid reports of overcrowding in detention centers. Texas lawmakers take up medical marijuana plus other top stories from the week that was in Lone Star politics and a whole lot more.
Texas Standard: August 17, 2015
The UT Austin statue of Jefferson Davis was supposed to move to a museum this weekend…Why that didn’t happen, and we talk with Davis’ great great grandson on today’s Texas Standard. A Texas man is sentenced- to marriage? Turns out some judges like to hand out strange punishments. Also, hacking into medical devices. And waiting for rules to make cannabis oil available to seizure patients. All that and much more on todays Texas Standard: