Texas Standard

June 28, 2023

As one special session ends, the next one begins

Has the Texas border become like the Iowa State Fair, a mandatory stop for Republican presidential candidates? It’s a long, hot summer for Texas lawmakers as the governor calls another special session, focusing solely on property taxes. Rethink35, the organization questioning another expansion of the interstate highway that cuts through Austin, has given up its […]

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June 27, 2023

Musician Amanda Shires on her collaboration with Bobbie Nelson

Hundreds of nurses are on a one-day strike in Austin, in what’s expected to be the largest nurses’ strike in Texas history. Texans know summer heat, but these temperatures can be dangerous. A doctor shares important information on protecting yourself and others. Residents living in colonias on the border who lack clean, safe drinking water […]

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June 26, 2023

Texas State’s Operation Identification works to ID migrant remains

An attempted coup in Russia is over – but what does it signify about Vladimir Putin’s grip on power? What an 8-1 ruling against Texas from the Supreme Court says about future challenges to federal immigration policy. A year after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, how Texans are seeking abortion access. A program at […]

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June 23, 2023

Latinos now make up largest share of state’s population

For the first time since the mid 1800s, the biggest population group in Texas is not white – it’s now Hispanic. The San Antonio Spurs officially chose Victor Wembanyama with their No. 1 draft pick Thursday night, and he’s been welcomed with open arms by a city ready to win NBA Championships again. There’s a […]

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June 22, 2023

Texas Extra: An extended conversation with musician Jess Williamson about her new album

We’re experimenting with bonus episodes here at the Texas Standard and we’d love to know what you think. You can let us know here: https://www.texasstandard.org/contact-us/ This is a director’s cut version of our interview with musician and North Texas native Jess Williamson. There was so much we loved in this conversation that we couldn’t fit […]

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June 22, 2023

Senate adopts rules for Ken Paxton impeachment trial

The rules are in: How Texas senators will manage the history-making impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas parks officials want to keep nearly 2,000 acres of parkland open to the public using eminent domain. Leaders in the county where Fairfield Lake State Park is located say not so fast. First Twitter, now […]

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June 21, 2023

Everything you always wanted to know about the Texas energy grid

Texas senators met yesterday to talk about two divisive issues: property taxes and the impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. So where do things stand? Can Texas’ power grid withstand the heat? We’ll get detailed on supply and demand. A new book from journalist Dan Solomon, ‘The Fight for Midnight,’ reimagines Wendy Davis’ […]

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June 20, 2023

East Texas county lacks power during summer heat wave

Weekend storms knocked out power to tens of thousands in East Texas, amid dangerously hot temperatures and few options for cooling down. We’ll have the latest. LGBTQ+ teens in Katy, outside Houston, are creating community in the midst of a culture war. In San Antonio we’ll meet people who are building new lives after escaping […]

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