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June 24, 2026

New podcast revisits the July 4 Hill Country flood aftermath

By: David Brown

An important rethink of the state’s K-12 curriculum is on the drawing board in Austin. We’ll get up to speed on a week of contentious hearings now underway as the state board of education takes up a new statewide reading list featuring Bible passages and a reshape of the social studies curriculum.
One year after the deadly flooding in Texas’ Hill Country, a new podcast examines what happened last July and what’s changed in the months since.
Plus, scholar and storyteller W.F. Strong’s modest proposal to help those struggling with diphthongs and drawls: A phonetic alphabet for the Lone Star State?