No matter where you are, it’s beginning to look like New Years. But before we say ta ta to 2018, we look back at the year that was on a special edition of the Texas Standard:
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April 6, 2023
How the Farm Bill is about a lot more than farming
Another election day looming, another deadline to register to vote. We’ll look at what Texans need to know. A court decision that could change rules involving gun laws and domestic violence. They call it a farm bill, but it affects issues ranging from SNAP benefits to environmental regulations. A closer look at one of the […]
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April 5, 2023
‘Be My Eyes’ app uses AI to help people with disabilities
So-called smaller bills have a big impact on lives of everyday Texans. We’ll find where some of them stand in the Legislature. A new book investigates why the state of Texas separated six Black children from their birth parents. The kids died when their adoptive parents drove off a cliff. We’ll have interview with the […]
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April 4, 2023
Feral hogs are a big problem in Houston
It’s spring in Texas, and that means tornadoes. We’ll find out what’s expected this season. A federal judge has ordered banned books be put back on the shelves in Llano County. The CBP One App is a lifeline for migrants stuck on the border seeking an appointment to apply for asylum. But many simply cannot […]
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April 3, 2023
The state’s appointing conservators to oversee Austin’s school district
The Texas Education Agency wants to appoint a management team to help Austin ISD address “systemic issues” in serving students with disabilities, less than a month after the state announced a takeover of Houston ISD. Some real fish tales out of San Angelo: We’ll tell you about the lake where anglers are catching tons of […]
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March 31, 2023
Will Texas ban the death penalty for people with severe mental illness?
Thirty million people now call Texas home, but new numbers tell a story of uneven growth across the Lone Star State. Which areas are gaining and which are slipping as the Texas population continues to grow? The Texas Standard’s Sean Saldana has details on a push to outlaw the death penalty for those with severe […]
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March 30, 2023
Taylor Swift fans in Texas are ready for the Eras Tour
For the first time in three years, Medicaid recipients have had to re-apply for the benefit as a major safety net installed during the pandemic disappears – and millions of Texans may lose health coverage. Taylor Swift is coming to town, and the excitement is off the charts for the superstar’s Texas swing, starting this […]
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March 29, 2023
The ‘forever chemicals’ used in fracking in Texas
Calls for justice in Ciudad Juárez after dozen of migrants die in a fire at a detention facility. New details emerge about what happened just across the border from El Paso on Monday night. Texas school districts banned hundreds of books last year. Now, the Legislature is looking to create standards that could pull even […]
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March 28, 2023
Dozens of migrants killed in Juárez fire
A deadly fire burned through a migrant processing facility in Ciudad Juárez, just across the border from El Paso – we’ll hear the latest on the catastrophe that claimed the lives of dozens of people. Green energy firms are scrambling to snap up federal dollars, but first they need to know what “made in America” […]
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