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In Texas, football’s more than a game…but as more student athletes suffer serious injures, more parents say they’ll take a pass. Plus, on this date four years ago…a sight many Texans thought they’d never live to tell. Also, The migrant crisis in Europe and what could be a spillover effect here in Texas. And just how seriously should Americans take official warnings to avoid the borderlands? All of that and more on todays Texas Standard:
May 15, 2023
How UT scientists are using AI to read thoughts
What happens to a Republican-led plan to provide taxpayer money for private education if the Texas Senate and House can’t reach agreement in less than two weeks? The governor’s promising he’ll keep the Legislature in session. The latest on bills aimed at banning access to gender-affirming care for young people. Mind-reading technology? We’ll talk with […]
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May 12, 2023
Podcast explores whether a Texas Ranger extracted a false confession
Two major changes in federal policies within the past 24 hours having outsized implications for Texas. Change number one: the end of Title 42 rapid deportations. But for tens of thousands now trying to cross the Mexico border into Texas, the deportations continue. The end of an era for the pandemic as the national emergency […]
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May 11, 2023
Title 42 expires as border braces for migrants’ mass arrival
The end of an era, and the start of what could be a dramatic new chapter in the history of border and immigration policy. Title 42 ends at the stroke of midnight, and predictions of a period of chaos at the border are coming from President Biden on down. We’ll talk to someone on the […]
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May 10, 2023
What to watch for as the Texas Legislature sprints to Sine Die
With just 19 days to go before the end of the 88th Texas legislative session, where do we stand? A bill to raise the age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle made it out of a House committee – but as the Texas Newsroom’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán reports, it may not get much further. Hundreds of migrants […]
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May 9, 2023
A man died working on the Tesla Gigafactory. The company didn’t tell officials.
A car crash in Brownsville: 8 dead, 10 injured. An accident or was it intentional? One day before a vote to expel a Texas house representative, a resignation. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán of the Texas Newsroom on the state lawmaker accused of an inappropriate relationship with an intern. Questions about the heat death of a worker helping […]
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May 8, 2023
What we know about the mass shooting at an Allen outlet mall
Another Texas community is reeling after a mass shooting that killed eight people, this time at an outlet mall in Allen, outside of Dallas. Following local elections across the state, we’ll have reports on some closely watched propositions in San Antonio, El Paso and Austin. Fort Hood in Central Texas is formally set to be […]
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May 5, 2023
Cloud seeding has never been proven, but drought-stricken Mexico is ready to try
At first, media coverage of the Cleveland, Texas, shooting focused on the manhunt for the gunman. But what about the victims lost? As the clock ticks away for the 88th legislative session, there are some bills with bipartisan support that advocates say could have a positive effect on the state’s LGBTQ residents. Housing affordability in […]
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May 4, 2023
Has Texas cracked down on protest after 2020’s racial justice demonstrations?
Do Texans support raising the minimum age to purchase firearms? We’ll hear the results of a new study by the Texas Politics Project. The struggle to find staffing for the state’s psychiatric hospital system as needs for mental health support post pandemic have grown. In response to the murder of George Floyd and police brutality […]
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