In a closely watched primary battle near the top of the statewide ballot, we’ll have more on the showdown between two Democrats with considerable name recognition hoping for a chance to take on Ted Cruz in the fall.
A question about Texas seceding from the U.S. was kept off the GOP primary ballot – but it was the closest the Texas Nationalist Movement has come to putting the so-called “Texit” up for a vote in its nearly two decades of trying.
Major League Soccer referees have been locked out ahead of the start of the 2024 season, after Professional Soccer Referees Association union members voted against a bargaining agreement.
And we’ll meet Jon Muq, a Texas-based artist bringing the sounds of his native Uganda to American music.
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Texas Standard: July 4, 2016
What if British businesses staged their own miniature Brexits and moved to Texas? We’ll explore Governor Greg Abbott’s British Invasion. Plus attention big oil: you’ve been subpoenaed. Why California’s attorney general is investigating some of the biggest names in Texas energy. They promise miraculous cures thru stem cell technology…but experts warn a lot of it’s snake oil. Bogus stem cell clinics and why they’re big in Texas. And ready for a dip? Who wants to be lifeguard? That’s the problem… a lifeguard shortage some are calling a crisis. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard: