Texas Standard

August 14, 2023

Carbon capture is coming to the King Ranch

High winds, unrelenting heat and lots of dry vegetation are feeding a Stage 4 wildfire warning across the state. As heat remains a major story in Texas, the electric grid has managed to hold out in a summer of record highs. New technology advances mean that geothermal energy may soon become a bigger part of […]

Listen

August 11, 2023

Chronic wasting disease threatens deer and Texas’ hunting economy

With an impeachment trial looming, suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing new scrutiny from the feds in San Antonio, with a federal grand jury convened to hear from witnesses close to him. Emergency steps are being taken due to a disease threatening the state’s $4 billion deer hunting industry. The Standard’s Michael Marks has […]

Listen

August 10, 2023

How to prepare and stay safe amid high wildfire danger

With low humidity and winds picking up across Texas, a growing wildfire threat has prompted officials to raise the state’s preparedness level. What should Texans be doing to prepare for the danger of wildfires? U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is facing not one but two Democrats with considerable name recognition as he prepares to try to […]

Listen

August 9, 2023

Examining the skills gap in a post-pandemic workforce

Border Patrol agents say Texas efforts to address migration are disrupting their work. Troopers say complaints are overblown. We’ll have an update on the state’s wildfire risk as the dangerous pattern of hot and dry conditions continues. How one Texas school district spent the the summer addressing safety concerns. Reports of a concerning trend in […]

Listen

August 8, 2023

Heat and the next Great Migration

An exemption to Texas’ abortion ban is on hold after an appeal by the state attorney general. What comes next? Just how powerful are social media algorithms? Texas researchers test whether changes could help defuse political polarization. Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies got in a kayak to take an up-close look at Gov. Greg […]

Listen

August 7, 2023

Could Texas connect to other electric grids?

A Texas redistricting challenge is being described as an important test of the Voting Rights Act. Federal regulators are considering a rule that would force Texas to connect to other electric grids. With Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial set to begin in the state Senate soon, attorneys for the suspended attorney general have asked for the […]

Listen

August 4, 2023

Del Rio’s William Beckmann fuses youthful energy and timeless soul in country music

A body was found in a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande, prompting harsh criticism of Texas’ border strategy. Four years after the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, people at the scene that day who are eligible for immigrant visas are still waiting. The end of the pandemic emergency – and the […]

Listen

August 3, 2023

As Texas leads the nation in ‘family annihilation’ cases, what can be done?

Ken Paxton, the impeached attorney general, is headed for a Houston courtroom today on his 2015 securities fraud charges. An update on wildfires across the state as firefighters brace for another tough day of heat and wind. We’ll hear where the fire threat is greatest and what to do to prepare. Since 2020, Texas has […]

Listen