The Texas House adopts a budget right before sunrise. Also, Border Patrol check points inside the U-S — what are your rights if you’re stopped? Plus, looking at the GOP presidential race through the lens of March Madness bracket-ology. All that and more on today’s episode of the Standard.
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March 31, 2015
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March 27, 2015
Presidential hopefuls get in line to get a first hand look at the line that separates Mexico from Texas. Also, a few people with deep knowledge of political issues are being quoted in reports on Texas politics – how a researcher found it lacking in diversity. Plus, Governor Greg Abbott orders Child Protective Services officials to improve the screening of caregivers who temporarily take in kids. All that and more on this episode of Texas Standard:
March 26, 2015
A freelance journalist from Texas feared to have been killed by his jihadi kidnappers may be alive. We’ll explore the talks underway for his release. Also, is it possible to make ends meet when you don’t make a living wage? What it means to be barely getting by in Texas. Plus, there’s a new study that says: beware of new studies. When it comes to medical research, most of what you hear is wrong. We’ll talk about why. Those stories and lots more on today’s episode of the Texas Standard.
March 25, 2015
A sudden spike in Houston homicides sparks warnings of a long hot summer. Also, some experts contend the road to the White House runs through Latino Texas. Plus, the recent boom left us with a surplus of oil – but whatever happened to the billions of barrels of wastewater? And a father’s love and lament – how raising kids in Texas today isn’t how it used to be. All that and more on this episode of the Texas Standard:
March 23, 2015
The 21st century skirmish over the Confederate battle flag – Texas defends its position before the US Supreme Court. Also the Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 and injured at least 180. Why some fear it could happen again. Plus, researchers say there is more slavery now than at any time in world history – today a Texas team tells us there’ll soon be a map to track it. All that and more and this episode of the Texas Standard:
March 20, 2015
The story of Mexico’s 43 disappeared students vanished from the world’s front pages 6 months later. Today a survivor and a mother of one of the missing comes to our studio to ask Texans for help. Plus, sounding an alarm on a spike in teacher student sex crimes. Also, get ready to whip out your pencil and paper – we’ve got your must-do list for this first weekend of spring.
March 19, 2015
A border agent complains to Congress that telling the truth about border crossers results in retribution. Plus, zero percent college loans but officials barred from telling you about it. Also, give me three high tech takeaways from SXSW – our expert says, no problem. All that and much more on today’s episode of the Texas Standard:
March 18, 2015
Why toothaches have Texans running for the border. Plus, more on the move to limit the ability of Texans to tape the police at work. Also, a gospel family hits the big time but not without some pushback. All that and much more on today’s episode of the Texas Standard
March 17, 2015
Is that a gun in your holster, or are you just carrying concealed? An historic step by the Texas Senate and what it means for us. Plus: A vote today in Israel that could change the way forward in the Mideast. We explore the implications with Israel’s top official in Texas. And: Primo pot moves across the border – in the other direction. All that and much more, on this episode of Texas Standard.
March 12, 2015
For some, it’s a story half a world away, but for Patrick Maxwell, it’s personal-the Texan who took on ISIS. Also, post traumatic stress disorder-now there’s a genetic test for PTSD, but should there be? Also, call em’ lone stars-the millennial entrepreneurs. Plus, the proud reappropriation of the English language. All that and much more on today’s edition of the Texas Standard:
March 11, 2015
Online outrage over racism at fraternities – how much are official responses dictated by social media? Also this hour a 23-year-old from North Texas comes up with a solution for kids dying in car seats. Plus, a jury tells hit makers Pharrell and Robin Thicke – you got to give it up. But is there something else lost in the processs? All that and much more on today’s edition of the Texas Standard:
February 23, 2015
Winter storm watches and warnings stretch across the top two-thirds of Texas, a deadline to fund homeland security and a showdown in Washington to tie funding to immigration policy. A South Texas prison riot is under control, but for how long? And what do the Koch Brothers, the Sierra Club and the founder of Space X have in common and why are they joining forces? All that and more on the the Texas Standard:
Green Room: Kids and News
In recent weeks, the headlines have been filled with tragedies involving children–from the US borderland to Israel and the Gaza Strip. How do you talk to your kids about these events? How old is ‘old enough’ to listen to the news?
Green Room: Texas City Disaster Revisited
We’ve all heard of the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas–a tragedy that shook a city and garnered national attention. But the worst industrial disaster in history–also in Texas–claimed untold hundreds of lives, and is almost forgotten. Veteran journalist and author Bill Minutaglio takes us on a trip back in time, to the post war explosion in Texas City: the lessons unlearned -and why America wanted to forget.
KUT Weekend – April 4, 2014
Shooting at Fort Hood….Republican women defend their party….helping kids deal with food allergies at school. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!