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March 5, 2024

Supreme Court puts Texas’ immigration enforcement bill on hold

Senate Bill 4, which would allow Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally, is currently on hold after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Texas Newsroom’s Julián Aguilar has the latest.Why researchers and teachers are raising red flags over the state’s fully online STAAR tests for public school […]

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March 4, 2024

UTEP scientists spot bird not seen in decades

A unanimous decision from the U.S. Supreme Court reverses a challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to remain on primary ballots, just ahead of Super Tuesday. The Texas Newsroom’s Rachel Osier Lindley shares an update on wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, where the biggest blaze in state history is only 15% contained. We’ll have more on […]

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March 3, 2024

Texas Extra: Richard Linklater and Alex Stapleton on ‘God Save Texas’ (Extended)

Last Wednesday, Texas Standard featured an interview with film directors Richard Linklater and Alex Stapleton. They’ve teamed up with fellow director Iliana Sosa and author Lawrence Wright to interpret his book “God Save Texas” for HBO. This is an extended version of that interview.

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March 1, 2024

A special broadcast from the Houston Rodeo

It’s considered by many to be the hub of Texas’ official sport. And no, you don’t need knowledge of football. We’re live from Rodeo Houston. In a state known for doing things big, there’s no bigger rodeo in Texas than the one we’re at. This hour we’ll be rounding up the stories and sounds of […]

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February 29, 2024

A small Texas town is holding a big Leap Year celebration

One person has died in the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Panhandle, which is now the largest wildfire in state history at an estimated 1,075,000 acres. We’ll get the latest update on the blaze. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are making simultaneous trips to the Texas-Mexico border today, a few days before […]

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February 28, 2024

The latest on the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Panhandle

The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Panhandle, already the second biggest wildfire in Texas history, is so far 0% contained. We’ll talk with an evacuee and officials with the Texas A&M Forest Service to get the latest.With increasingly unpredictable rainfall and extended droughts, you may be thinking about what to plant to survive our new […]

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February 27, 2024

How the Supreme Court treated Texas’ argument to regulate social media

Do social media companies have the right to decide what content appears on their platforms and what can be removed? Charles W. “Rocky” Rhodes of South Texas College of Law Houston joins with a recap of yesterday’s arguments at the Supreme Court. We’ll talk to a writer from The Atlantic who asks: “What would it […]

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February 26, 2024

The state’s only sugar mill is closing. What’s next for sugar cane farmers?

New laws – one from Texas – to regulate platforms like Facebook and TikTok are getting Supreme Court scrutiny today, with potentially profound implications.Years of drought have devastated sugar growers in South Texas – so much so that the state’s only sugar mill is closing.Austin’s I-35, the spine of the region’s roadway grid, is about […]

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