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Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/22/25: Texas Senate Set To Move On Trump Map, And MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The Texas Senate appears ready to fast-track the Trump-ordered redistricting of Texas as soon as today, which would send the measure to Governor Abbott's desk: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/22/texas-congressional-redistricting-map-senate-governor-desk/?_bhlid=2276038ea97d8d3a93bb0622be72c6cda7ee47d2...In California, a map redistricting the other direction is set for a November public vote - the trigger provision has been removed, so if the voters approve, it's happening: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/california-legislature-redistricting-plan...Some Texas Democrats believe the Republican map leans...
2025-08-2209 min
Pratt on TexasMaps pass; Abbott adds to the agenda | Chip Roy in AG’s race & much other campaign news – Pratt on Texas 8/21/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: After passing new Congressional maps – less “gerrymandered” than the previous – Governor Abbott has added items to the called session agenda. One is asking for more penalties for lawmakers who do not show up to work while in session.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Texas lawmakers revive effort to replace STAAR exam with thre...
2025-08-2243 minPratt on TexasFutility: Dems show up at Texas Capitol giving quorum | Rebuild the Texas Navy | Dallas incompetence – Pratt on Texas 8/18/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Enough Democrats showed up at the Capitol today, as expected, to have a quorum in this 2nd Called Session that began on Friday. Speaker Burrows says they’ll have to be escorted by DPS if they want to leave. Overall, it is quite clear that not only did Texas Democrats accomplish nothing in their quorum bust but, they actually succeeded in having much of the country learn how badly Dems have already gerrymandered states like California, New York, and Illinois.
2025-08-1943 minPratt on Texas2nd called legislative session underway; no quorum | TEA school ratings | Abilene ISD wants big tax increase – Pratt on Texas 8/15/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: First called special session of the 89th Texas Legislature ended this morning and the second called session began at Noon – still short of a quorum. Dems are expected to be in their chairs Monday but this morning these morons with no cards to play issued their demands: Gov. Abbott doesn’t put redistricting on the call and the State of California must move forward on redistricting! What unearned hubris from this flailing bunch of people.Speaker Burrows, foun...
2025-08-1643 minPratt on TexasPaxton files to hold O’Rourke in contempt | SCOTX sets briefing dates for vacancy of office case – Pratt on Texas 8/12/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a district court to hold Beto Pancho O’Rourke in contempt, fine him, and detain himuntil he obeys the Temporary Restraining Order the state alleges he has violated over raising money for Democrats who fled the state to break legislative quorum.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995....
2025-08-1343 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/6/25: Texas GOP In Disarray As Quorum Break Enters Day 3, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:In developments leading into the third day of the Texas House quorum break, Senator John Cornyn has requested that the FBI intervene, capture and transport the Democratic lawmakers avoiding the special session back to the Capitol: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cornyn-fbi-arrest-texas-democrats_n_68925f14e4b0d3424bc402f3...Next, Attorney General Ken Paxton declared he'll ask that the seats of any Democrats still absent on Friday be declared vacant by the courts: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/08/05/texas-ag-ken-paxton-will-ask-state-courts-to-declare-absent-house-democratic-seats-vacant/...Then, Governor Greg Abbott asked...
2025-08-0611 min
KUT News NowKUT Morning Newscast for July 29, 2025: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a legal petition in an ongoing battle over conflicting state abortion laws
Central Texas top stories for July 29, 2025. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a legal petition against a New York county clerk in an ongoing battle over conflicting state abortion laws. The Texas Senate’s Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Monday held the third of four scheduled meetings. The Austin area is returning to hot, dry weather this week after an unusually wet start to the month.
KUT News Now is made at KUT Public Media Studios. You may have heard that Congress just took back the money it had allocated for public media. Our organization st...
2025-07-2903 minPratt on TexasUNT loses again in its suppression of conservatives | Shallow thinking at Lubbock Co. – Pratt on Texas 7/17/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: University of North Texas, UNT, continues to lose in court over its systematic oppression of conservative thought and conservatives. Why, I have asked for years now, does Governor Greg Abbott keep reappointing the same regents who allow for this very far-Left and illegal behavior at UNT? Is Abbott really fake, as some critics charge, on these basic issues?Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT...
2025-07-1844 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/17/25: Will The Dems Ditch The Special? That Would Come With A Cost, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Desperate measures may be called for to opposed mid-decade GOP redistricting, but breaking quorum now comes with stiff financial penalties: https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2025-07-16-will-texas-democrats-attempt-to-break-quorum-during-the-special-session/...Supreme Court Justice John Roberts is a central figure who has enabled the chaos that Trumps is now bringing to Texas: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/blame-john-roberts-for-enabling-trumps-massive-power-grab-in-texas/...California Governor Gavin Newsom appears ready for extreme measures to counteract Texas redistricting: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/newsom-jolts-california-house-maps-texas-00458927...All of this while everyday Texans are...
2025-07-1710 min
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 225: Joe Jaworski Announces Run For Attorney GeneralFormer Galveston mayor, Houston-area attorney and longtime progressive activist Joe Jaworski joins us to announce his run for Texas Attorney General in 2026!Learn more about Joe's campaign at https://www.jaworskifortexas.com/.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how you can support our ongoing work at https://progresstexas.org/.
2025-07-1739 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/11/25: Trump In Texas Today For Flood Photo-Op, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:A full week after the fact, Donald Trump is visiting Texas today to observe the flood damage in Kerr County: https://apnews.com/article/trump-texas-floods-fema-phase-out-b77d9681d2d39f8c201351b54ecf944f...The Kerr County Sheriff's Department took a full 90 minutes to relay a flood warning called in by a firefighter in Ingram as the floodwaters were rising: https://abcnews.go.com/US/kerr-county-officials-waited-90-minutes-send-emergency/story?id=123631023...Instead of installing the outdoor flood warning system discussed for years but put off for lack of...
2025-07-1109 minPratt on TexasDallas Morning News sells to Hearst | Abbott’s special session call | Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce – Pratt on Texas 7/10/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Governor Abbott updates items on his Called Session of the Legislature list. Most are good but two are not. One is a cave to teacher unions and less accountability for public schools. The other is something that sounds good on the surface but in practice is bad policy for the public related to police.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug...
2025-07-1143 minPratt on Texas“Get High” Abbott’s Special Session; veto & signed review | Campaign news | Texas wins, again – Pratt on Texas 6/24/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The called Special Session of the 89th Texas Legislature will begin on 21 July; what will be on the call?Much followup on bills signed and vetoed by Governor Greg “Get High” Abbott. And followup on yesterday’s big news on the veto of SB3. (Story mentioned today.)Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since...
2025-06-2543 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/24/25: Not So Cool After All - Abbott Vetoes Funding For Low Income Kids' Meals, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:In the only budget item from the 89th Legislature he vetoed, Governor Abbott has nixed Texas' participation in the federal Summer EBT program, designed to keep lower-income kids fed during summer months: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-vetoes-summer-lunch-program-for-low-income-kids-37817843Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is fully hysterical over Abbott's ban of Dan's Ban - he's accusing the hemp industry of connections to cartels and terrorists, and claiming that stoned people are walking in front of trains: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/lt-gov-dan-patrick-criticize-texas-gov-greg-abbott-vetoes-bill-banning-thc/...The Texas hemp industry...
2025-06-2409 minPratt on TexasLeft no longer favors strong presidential power in immigration? | Abilene council cuts voters out – Pratt on Texas 6/13/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: After lifetimes of supporting strong centralized federal power, the confused and angry take to the streets to now tell us they oppose strong centralized federal power.Under Biden and Obama, they were all for a president ignoring immigration law and importing millions into the country without due process and now, they are all against enforcing the laws passed by Congress when it relates to immigration. On this issue, the Austin American-Statesman has a piece that a reasonable...
2025-06-1443 min
Daily Headlines6/12/25 Texas Students are Struggling-New STAAR Results Reveal Students ‘Not Where They Need To Be Academically’-Trump DOJ Official Aaron Reitz Enters Race for Texas Attorney General-FBI Dallas Announces 109 Children Rescued, 244 Offenders Arrested in Child Exploitation Investigation
2025-06-1304 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/28/25: Texas Dems In D.C. Ready To Take On Trump, And MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Dallas U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett promises a counter to Donald Trump should Democrats retake the House in 2026: https://www.latintimes.com/rep-jasmine-crockett-says-dems-will-investigate-trump-if-they-reclaim-house-midterms-well-do-583793...Meanwhile, Austin U.S. Congressman Greg Casar is talking about an investigation into connection between Trump's international tariff negotiations and Elon Musk's companies: https://bsky.app/profile/calltoactivism.bsky.social/post/3lpshelshks2mTwo new laws expanding the investigatory powers of the Texas Attorney General may give Ken Paxton an opportunity to disrupt elections and target nonprofits assisting migrants in the year...
2025-05-2810 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/19/25: Texas Leaders Express Support For President Biden, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:President Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis should be seen as a reminder of the importance of continued medical research investment: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/texas-lawmakers-joe-biden-20333919.phpHB 49, in the rush to completion at the end of the 89th Legislature, would protect oil companies from legal liability for damage caused by the use of produced water, which they wish to sell to farmers and dump in rivers: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/19/texas-legislature-produced-water-legal-protections-oil-gas/?_bhlid=dd62e22f81d6a0713ef8d55fe4b382ab41846318
2025-05-1912 min
Texas StandardRanchers plead for help to fight a devastating pest on its way back to Texas
Several current and former Frio County officials have been indicted for alleged vote harvesting, part of a years-long investigation led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. One critic calls it voter suppression 101. What’s behind the charges?In the conversation over cash bail reform, what’s missing? An new investigation points to a lack of focus on the bail bond industry.The new world screwworm, a livestock pest, may be making a comeback in the U.S., and experts say Mexico hasn’t been cooperating to stop it. The Standard’s Michael Marks dives into why it’s consider...
2025-05-0849 minPratt on TexasHickland’s Retail Decency Act, HB1549, needed, leadership ignoring | Much other legislative news – Pratt on Texas 4/16/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: State Representative Hillary Hickland has an important bill, HB 1549 the Retail Decency Act, that needs passing but many of the insider leadership types don’t want to deal with it. The bill needs a hearing in committee and you need to take action to call the committee chairwoman, Rep. Angie Chen Button, and tell her staff you want an immediate hearing on HB 1549, the Retail Decency Act by Rep. Hickland. Call both the Austin and Richardson offices and ask for an im...
2025-04-1744 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/16/25: Democrats Have A Plan To Stop Vouchers, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:After 30 years of trying, Texas Republicans are confident they can push private school vouchers on an unwilling Texas today: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/15/texas-house-vouchers-public-school-funding-vote/?_bhlid=787b18ce3a9535dfb634483e2ca01fd2c02ecc6e...But the Democratic minority has a plan to send that issue to the voters, where it's likely to die: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/15/texas-legislature-democrats-school-vouchers-constitutional-amendments/ The Texas Senate has passed SB 37, which would give Republican officeholders control over the curriculum taught about history, inequality and race at Texas colleges: https://cbsaustin...
2025-04-1609 minPratt on TexasAbilene’s Stan Lambert strikes again | School choice vote tomorrow | Mexico to deliver water – Pratt on Texas 4/15/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Abilene’s state Rep. Stan Lambert demonstrates that he is a man of questionable integrity in House vote over restoring the attorney general’s back pay.Other key legislative news needing attention:
School choice debate set for tomorrow in the Texas House. Democrats are said to be threatening all HJRs (constitutional amendments) if choice isn’t put to a statewide plebiscite.
Texas Senators Approve Increasing Public Participation in Judicial Oversight – important bill and it takes aw...
2025-04-1643 minDaily Headlines4/15/25 Texas House to Honor PLANNED PARENTHOOD President- Texas House Set to Honor Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards- Mayes Middleton Enters Race for Texas Attorney General- Officials Continue Investigations Into North Texas Islamic ‘City’
2025-04-1604 minPratt on TexasTx House passes budget | Is SB38 tough enough on property squatters? | Campaign news – Pratt on Texas 4/11/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House passed it’s version of the biennial budget in the middle of the night. Republicans denied most proposed Democrat spending amendments but included many of their own. Like the Senate budget it grows state spending at the expense of bigger property tax cuts through school property tax buy downs.
Texas House passes budget bill, defunds lottery. – anything can be put back in reconciliation with the Senate.
Texas House Approves $70 Million Biennium Funding Amendment for Abortion Alte...
2025-04-1244 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/4/25: Trump Trade War Launches - Texas Will Pay A Price, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Global economic shock is underway this morning as Donald Trump's foolish tariff plan becomes reality - and Texas will most certainly feel the impact: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-texas-revenue-growth/The Texas House Committee on Public Education advanced HB-3 yesterday, which would establish a new private school voucher program in Texas, on a 9-6 party line vote: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/texas-voucher-bill-clears-first-test-in-texas-house/287-0b3bdb58-c2f8-4800-b8e0-849cc4e729e3...A group of House Democrats have complained of yesterday's...
2025-04-0412 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/3/25: New Orleans Terrorist Was Not An Immigrant - He Was A Native Born Texan, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Despite right-wing attempts to drum up anti-immigrant fear over the New Orleans terror attack, the alleged perpetrator was a born and bred native of Texas: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/new-orleans-attacker-houston-ties-20010254.php
Elon Musk's push for more foreign tech workers to be brought to the U.S. under H-1B work visas is not only counter to the MAGA base's virulent anti-immigrant tendencies, it would also allow him to build a large tech workforce he'd be able to treat as indentured servants: https://electrek...
2025-01-0307 minTexas StandardYouTube cleaning sensation AuriKatariina heads to Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit claiming a New York doctor illegally prescribed abortion pills to a Texas resident.
A state plan to provide incentives for affordable housing: A Houston Chronicle investigation finds little affordable housing being built – and taxpayers holding the bag.
Two Texas families take legal action against an AI chatbot, alleging it served up sexual and self-harming content to kids.
Finnish cleaning star AuriKatariina, with 3.4 million YouTube subscribers and billions of views, is on the hunt for Texas’ dirtiest house to clean.
And: The New York...
2024-12-1651 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 11/22/24: Non-Profit Killer Bill Passes House With Help From Colin Allred, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
H.R. 9495, narrowly defeated in the U.S. House last week, passed in that body on a second try yesterday largely on partisan lines: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/21/treasury-secretary-house-bill-nonprofit-organization/76468156007/
...Crossing the partisan line to support the undermining of non-profits like Progress Texas were once again three Texas House Reps: Colin Allred, Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar: https://newrepublic.com/post/188693/15-democrats-give-trump-powers
Ken Paxton, hoping Donald Trump might hear him on Steve Bannon's show, campaigned hard but unsuccessfully for the Dear Leader's favor...
2024-11-2208 min
Deep Dives: Making Texas Real Estate Law UnderstandableTexas Courts Can Color In Details of Easements (Sometimes)Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Lynch
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Date Decided: February 28, 2020
Case Citation: 595 S.W.3d 678
Parties:
Petitioner: Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)
Respondents: Kenneth Lynch, Tommy Batchelor, and Twant Wilson (Landowners)
Significance:
The case reaffirms the legal concept of "general easements" in Texas and clarifies their scope.
It highlights the importance of clear and unambiguous language in easements to avoid disputes over their interpretation.
It provides guidance for landowners and easement holders on the permissible use of general easements.
Procedural History: The Landowners...
2024-11-0912 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 11/5/24: Election Day! What To Do, What To Watch, And The StakesStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
It's Election Day! Any questions? Hit https://govotetexas.org/.
Our endorsed candidates: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-november-general-election-endorsement-list
While our early voting totals are technically down from 2020, that year was unusual due to extended early voting and massive mail-in voting due to the pandemic: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/04/texas-early-voting-turnout-rate-down/
...Still, more people have voted early in Texas in 2024 than voted in the entire 2016 election - unfortunately, so far, Democrats appear to be underperforming: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/analyzing-early-voting-data-low-voter-turnout-before-election-day/
...Things to...
2024-11-0509 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 10/24/24: Urban Early Voting Turnout Keeps Cranking, And MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Even missing key data, the Texas Secretary of State's tally of early turnout shows massive interest in the election across the state, but the biggest numbers in our urban counties: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/index.shtml
Keep in mind that you can't use your smartphone while voting: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/10/24/dont-even-think-about-using-your-phone-at-the-polls-key-electronic-rules-every-texas-voter-needs-to-know/
...Also, you can't wear political slogans on your clothing, unfortunately including your awesome Humans Against Ted Cruz t-shirt: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/10/21/wear-clothes-political-shirts-law-illegal-polls-electioneering-early-voting-texas-election-2024/75775888007/
2024-10-2407 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 9/19/24: Maternal Morbidity Stats Show Wide Racial Healthcare Disparity in Texas, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The annual report from the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee shows a dramatic uptick in maternal deaths within one year of giving birth - being suffered mostly by Black and Hispanic mothers: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/18/maternal-mortality-2020-2021/
Ted Cruz has helped Republicans in the U.S. Senate avoid a vote on requiring insurance companies to pay for IVF treatments - they'd rather not be forced to say yes or no to a popular option that involves the destruction of unused embryos: https://www.houstonchronicle...
2024-09-1909 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 9/5/24: Outrage Against Paxton Voter Suppression In Texas Grows Nationally, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Ken Paxton, as threatened, has filed a lawsuit against Bexar County over their program to register more voters in the San Antonio area: https://newrepublic.com/post/185585/ken-paxton-threatens-sue-democrats-voter-registration
...He's also poised to similarly sue Harris County over their efforts to increase voter registration in Houston - all part of longstanding GOP efforts against urban and Latino voters: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/us/texas-voter-registration-paxton-bexar.html
...Our urban centers voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden in 2020, which is likely the real motivation for Paxton's tactics: https://www.reuters...
2024-09-0508 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/30/24: Texas GOP Flooding The Zone With Racist Disinformation, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas Republicans are underway with a broad, coordinated attempt to stoke racist fear of Hispanic migrants, intimidate Latino Texans away from the polls, and undermine general confidence in our elections system: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4854249-texas-immigration-strategies-republicans-democrats/
Yet another Texas judge has stopped Ken Paxton from harrassing yet another non-profit group dedicated to humanitarian support for migrants: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/29/texas-attorney-general-deposition-migrant-aid-group-brownsville/
Republicans have stepped in to stop a program to activate unregistered voters in Harris County: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/29/texas-attorney-general-deposition-migrant-aid-group-brownsville/
Paxton...
2024-08-3007 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/26/24: Paxton's New Campaign Against Hispanic Voters, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Officers under the orders of Attorney General Ken Paxton's office aggressively raided the homes of Democratic House candidate Cecilia Castellano and several other Latino politicos in south Texas, including an 87-year-old retired teacher: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/24/ken-paxton-vote-harvesting-raid-lulac-cecilia-castellano/
...LULAC has called on the U.S. Department of Justice to open an investigation into Paxton's raids: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/us/texas-latinos-democrats-raids-paxton.html
...Paxton's actions in North Texas, at the debunked behest of a Fox News anchor, also target Latino communities: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/26/texas-voter-registration-election-ken-paxton-investigation/
2024-08-2606 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/11/24: Misery In Southeast Texas as Republicans Point Fingers, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Over 1 million Houston area Centerpoint and Entergy power customers remain without power or AC amidst sweltering heat this morning: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/hurricanes/article/hurricane-beryl-power-updates-houston-heat-19563819.php
...Centerpoint's outage map shows that as of now, about half of the affected area has not yet seen actual repair work begin: https://abc13.com/post/centerpoint-energy-outage-map-when-will-power-come-back-beryl-houston/15048348/
...Entergy, which serves the non-ERCOT sections of the area, predicts restoration to be largely compete by the end of this weekend: https://www.khou.com/article/weather/hurricane/beryl...
2024-07-1107 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/11/24: National Dems Helping Texas With Turnout, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The Democratic National Committee has dedicated an additional $140,000 to turning our Texas Democrats in November: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/06/10/national-democratic-group-spends-140000-on-texas-voter-turnout-effort/
Federal authorities have launched an enforcement operation against "switches" - illegal handgun accessories that allow fully automatic fire of handguns: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/06/10/us-attorneys-office-atf-announce-joint-initiative-focused-on-machine-gun-conversion-devices-in-texas/
...Handguns fired with switches are impossible to aim properly, and are thus extra hazardous: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/10/texas-crack-machine-gun-converters-3d-printers/74049460007/
A bomb threat against a monthly drag brunch and market...
2024-06-1107 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/22/24: Travis County DA Under Threat Of Removal By Small Town Republicans, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas mom and reproductive rights activist Amanda Zurawski is on the trail with the Biden/Harris campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdBwynnn9HE
Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza has been targeted for removal under a new state law by Comal and Bell County Republicans: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/20/texas-rogue-prosecutors-law-jose-garza-removal-attempt/
...All as Ken Paxton is seeking to assert state prosecutorial authority into local matters: https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/editorials/2024/04/17/ken-paxton-texas-attorney-general-proposal-plan-extend-reach-local-government-editorial/73338806007/
...And as Paxton has failed (so far) to escape...
2024-04-2208 min
Pod Strangely Warmed"Whats Happening at General Conference 2020 in 2024: Part 3" Rev. Edlen Cowley and Rev. Philip Rhodes This week on the podcast, Rev. Daniel Hawkins is joined by Rev. Edlen Cowley and Rev. Philip Rhodes, members of delegation for the North and Central Texas Conferences of the UMC. They reflect on past jurisdictional conferences marked by a spirit of unity and hope, which they wish will carry over into General Conference 2020 in 2024. Edlen gives us an in-depth look at the "Three R's" we hope to see voted on at General Conference and Philip encourages churches to remain focused on our mission of seeking a loving, just, and free world God imagines for all people and to m...
2024-04-0932 min
Where Madness LiesBlake Brickman: Key Whistleblower Against Ken Paxton (Texas Attorney General), the Rule of Law, the Deep State, and more A few years ago, Blake Brickman and several of his colleagues went to the FBI to report the criminal wrongdoings of their boss, Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General. Blake was unceremoniously fired and attacked by Paxton's supporters. Our initial conversation was in October, but recent events have prompted an Addendum. Beyond the political drama, we explore Blake's personal journey, from his childhood, his relationship with his grandfather - the former Governor of Kentucky, and his passion for the rule of law and truth. Blake's Bio Blake Brickman is the Chief...
2024-03-151h 27
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/15/24: Texas Medical Board To Clarify Abortion Exceptions, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
At the behest of two Texas attorneys, the Texas Medical Board is set to discuss clarification for medical exceptions to the near-complete ban on abortion care in Texas: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/14/texas-medical-board-doctors-abortion-guidance/
Ken Paxton escalates his assault on Frisco ISD, whose social media posts about funding he sees as illegal electioneering: https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/frisco/education/2024/03/14/texas-attorney-general-claims-frisco-isd-violated-restraining-order-files-contempt-motion/
A shadowy Texas company that paid an FBI informant now under indictment for lying to his handlers about Hunter Biden has been connected to Donald Trump...
2024-03-1508 min
Pod Strangely Warmed"Whats Happening at General Conference 2020 in 2024: Part 1" w/ Rev. Dr. Clayton Oliphint & Kim SimpsonThis week on the podcast, Rev. Daniel Hawkins is joined by Kim Simpson and Rev. Clayton Oliphint, lay and clergy heads of delegation for the Central Texas and North Texas Conferences of the UMC. In this episode, they begin our thoughtful exploration of the major themes and pivotal discussions set to shape the upcoming General Conference and the future of their denomination. Drawing from their significant experience, Kim and Clayton share poignant anecdotes and perspectives on General Conference, offering listeners a glimpse into the inner workings of this monumental gathering. Central to their discussion is the concept of...
2024-03-1234 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/21/23: Texas Dems Face Long Slog On Gun Safety, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
As primary voting begins, a review for progressives of why gun safety reform is so bogged down in Texas: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/mass-shootings-in-texas-have-shaped-the-democratic-primaries-18642421
In the Republican primary, Collin County will serve as a test of Ken Paxton's ability to sway voters: https://www.nbcdfw.com/decision-2024/collin-county-is-frontline-for-emotional-texas-house-primary-elections/3467634/
...That said, Governor Abbott is backing incumbents Paxton has targeted: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/in-n-texas-governor-abbott-ag-paxton-back-different-candidates-in-gop-primaries/
...And Donald Trump has his greasy hands in the soup too: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/02/20/trump-throws-weight-behind-rivals-of-four-texas-republicans-who-crossed-abbott-and-paxton/
2024-02-2110 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/6/24: Climate Advocates Urge Texas Congressional Support On LNG Limits, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
A diverse group of environmental advocates and frontline communities have signed on to an open letter urging Texas progressives in the U.S. House to oppose a resolution allowing for liquid natural gas expansion: https://progresstexas.org/blog/good-step-pausing-lng-export-approvals-next-step-combat-climate-crisis-texas
A new deal on federal border policy finds Democrats running to face Ted Cruz in the fall election divided: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/05/texas-reaction-border-deal-ukraine-israel/
Governor Abbott is limiting his filter for endorsements in Texas House races to the single issue of school vouchers: https://www.star-telegram...
2024-02-0609 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/29/24: Trump, Russia Celebrate Abbott's Border Crisis, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The standoff between Texas and the Biden Administration is verging on unprecedented - outside of the leadup to the American Civil War: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-refuses-federal-agents-access-shelby-park-eagle-pass-border/
...Governor Abbott's legal position parallels those asserted by Confederate states as they left the Union, all thoroughly debunked: https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-border-stunt-is-based-on-a-confederate-legal-theory
...It also relies on the patently absurd equivalency comparing migrants seeking work to an invading foreign army: https://www.cato.org/blog/explaining-border-standoff-between-texas-federal-government
...Houston State Rep. Gene Wu suggests that Abbott follow...
2024-01-2910 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/21/23: Texas Law Enforcement Unprepared To Enforce SB-4, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Local law enforcement, especially in border communities, are not prepared to enforce SB-4 when it lands in March: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sb4-texas-immigration-law-enforcement-migrant-crisis/
...While Governor Abbott takes to the skies in his ever-expanding theater of migrant cruelty: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/21/texas-governor-charters-migrant-flight-chicago-border-protest-biden
...And federal authorities target Colony Ridge, previously targeted by right wing conspiracists, for predatory practices against Hispanic home buyers: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/colony-ridge-texas-builder-prosecution.html
A new strain of misinformation regarding trisomy 18, the condition afflicting the pregnancy of...
2023-12-2111 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/8/23: Judge Grants Abortion While Paxton Threatens Doctors, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Dallas-area mother of two Kate Cox is granted a temporary restraining order allowing her to terminate a dangerous and hopeless pregnancy: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-abortion-ban-kate-cox-emergency-fetus-trisomy-18-judge-maya-guerra-gamble/
...While Attorney General Ken Paxton threatens legal action against any doctor who provides abortion services in Texas: https://www.reuters.com/legal/texas-judge-allows-woman-get-emergency-abortion-despite-state-ban-2023-12-07/
...Which we agree, is "ghoulish": https://newrepublic.com/post/177398/texass-attorney-general-ghoulish-new-abortion-stance
Meanwhile, Paxton is failing to fully disclose his extensive real estate holdings in financial disclosure reports: https://www.kut.org...
2023-12-0809 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 11/8/23: Good News and Bad News On Election Results, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Last night's election results yielded both great and not-so-great news regarding those 14 constitutional amendment propositions: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/results-texas.html
Both of our endorsed candidates in Houston's local elections go to runoffs on December 9, including mayoral candidate Sheila Jackson Lee: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/07/houston-mayor-race-2024-results/
...And City Controller candidate Chris Hollins: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-controller-election-results-18472540.php
...Meanwhile, great news across the country for progressives and abortion rights advocates: https://www.reuters.com/world/us...
2023-11-0812 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 10/31/23: Paxton Securities Fraud Trial Set For April, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
After an eight-year delay, a trial date is set for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, indicted on securities fraud charges - April 15, 2024: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/10/30/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-criminal-trial-set-for-april-15/
A federal judge has ordered federal border agents to stop cutting razor wire - notably, unless that razor wire threatens to hurt migrants: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/31/judge-texas-razor-wire-mexico-united-states-border/71387164007/
...While new immigration bills in process at the Capitol would transfer federal border authority to local "peace officers": https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-local-police-border-hb-4/
...
2023-10-3109 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 10/20/23: Texas Dems Present School Funding Package, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Democrats in the Texas House present a solid school funding package, which of course is near-guaranteed to be ignored by the GOP majority: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/10/19/texas-legislature-house-democrats-unveil-school-funding-bill-hb117/71240474007/
...While Republican House members present another iteration of the same old idea, vouchers: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/19/texas-house-voucher-school-choice-bill/
Immigration advocates raise concerns that legislation increasing criminality for assisting undocumented migrants is dangerously vague: https://abc13.com/texas-politics-sb4-undocumented-immigrants/13942147/
...While Republicans themselves wonder why the Colony Ridge development is a point of...
2023-10-2009 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 9/5/23: Impeachment Day! And MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The historic impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is underway this morning at the Texas State Capitol: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-texas-attorney-general/
...With big conservative money doing all it can to prevent his removal: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/us/ken-paxton-impeachment-conservative-lobbying.html
...And voters split on opinion, largely along party lines: https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2023-09-05/about-half-of-texas-voters-think-ken-paxtons-actions-justify-removing-him-as-attorney-general
...While the Texas Tribune provides an outline of the procedure AND a handy livestream: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/04/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-operate/
...And...
2023-09-0510 min
UT Tyler Radio ConnectsKen Wink: New Texas laws take effect on September 1More than 770 new state laws will take effect in Texas on September 1. Dr. Ken Wink, political science professor at UT Tyler, will discuss the wave of new s laws . Topics range from curbing street racing to enforcing school safety, and even addressing hair-based racial discrimination in workplaces. Wink will explore the potential implications of what some are calling sweeping legislative changes. Wink will also address the controversy surrounding House Bill 3, a response to the Uvalde school shooting, which promises a significant influx of funds to fortify schools, as well as Senate Bill 763, the school chaplain bill. This new...
2023-08-3107 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/30/23: Abbott Border Spies Busted, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
A whistleblower report accuses intelligence officers with Operation Lone Star of conducting illegal spying operations: https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-national-guard-whatsapp-spying-border-iraq-watchdog-2023-8
Texas Senators were at the Capitol yesterday in closed-door preparation for next week's impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/08/29/senate-prepping-for-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial/
...While new details of Austin real estate developer Nate Paul's inappropriate access to the AG's office are revealed: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/29/ken-paxton-nate-paul-brandon-cammack-impeachment/
ERCOT pleads with Texas energy consumers to scale back out of desperation for a sevent...
2023-08-3009 min
ProLife PodcastNew AI Ultrasound Tech is a Double-Edged Sword | Ep. 60The FDA just approved ultrasounds powered by artificial intelligence. It could be used to improve the health of pregnant moms and their babies, but could also lead to more abortions.
Today on the Pro-Life Podcast, we explore the pros and cons of this new tech.
Sources:
New AI ultrasound tech is first to land FDA approval to enhance prenatal care: ‘Better health outcomes' https://www.foxnews.com/health/new-ai-ultrasound-tech-first-land-fda-approval-enhance-prenatal-care-better-health-outcomes?intcmp=tw_fnc
Remarkable: First-Ever Brain Surgery in the Womb Saves Preborn Baby https://texasrighttolife.com/remarkable-first-ever-brain-surgery-in-the-womb-saves-preborn-baby/
Liberal Texas Judge Author...
2023-08-1039 min
Y'all-iticsA glimpse inside the Texas Attorney General’s office after Paxton’s suspensionY’all-itics early release: July 14, 2023John Scott might not be a household name, but he is a go-to for Governor Abbott. As we were releasing this episode of Y’all-itics, Scott was leaving after six weeks as the temporary Texas Attorney General. And that was not too longer after he served for more than a year as Secretary of State. Scott provides us our first glimpse inside the office since Paxton’s suspension. And he left something the office needed right now.GuestJohn Scott
2023-07-1439 min
Talk+Water#58 - Carlos Rubinstein & Vanessa Puig-Williams, Water & Texas Legislature + Groundwater PlanningSend us a textTexas Water Journal and Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler talks with Carlos Rubinstein, Principal at RSAH2O, LLC, and Vanessa Puig-Williams, Director of the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Texas Water Program, about flaws in Texas' groundwater planning process and the water legislation in the 88th Texas Legislature.Rubinstein was appointed chairman of the Texas Water Development Board from 2013-2015. During his tenure, he oversaw the implementation of the $2 billion State Water Infrastructure Fund for Texas. Rubinstein also served as a commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) fr...
2023-03-251h 03
The Right IdeaAbbott’s State of the State, Texas AG Sues Biden & Health Care Price TransparencyBrian and Derek discuss a wide range of current events including their predictions on Governor Abbott's State of the State Address, Texas Attorney General filing suit against Joe Biden regarding the legality of his Omnibus Bill and Health Care Price Transparency.
2023-02-1737 min
Lone Star Family TrailsLone Star Family Trails - The Texas General Land OfficeIn this interview with James Harkins, the director of public services for the Texas General Land Office, the wonderful history that is held by the Texas General Land Office, containing 45,000 maps and 35 million documents is highlighted. The maps become the finding aids for many of the land documents. The office has been open since 1836, when the Republic of Texas formed thefice to manage the public domain. Many of the items have been digitized and palced online, but a visit to the office may allow you to hold the original documents in your hands.
2023-01-3128 minProgress Texas PodcastsEp. 79 - Rochelle Garza vs Ken Paxton: 101 Reasons To Vote For A New Attorney GeneralAdding to his laundry list of career lows this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made the news for literally running from a process server attempting to serve him with a subpoena at his North Texas home. The crew convenes this week to closely examine the years and years of outlandish, outlaw behavior that our state's top law enforcement official has (so far) gotten away with, and to also imagine a situation where a true standout legal hero - say, Rochelle Garza - might be able to bring honor back to the AG's office. Thanks for your support of...
2022-10-0139 min
Talk+Water#39, Gregory Ellis - Texas Groundwater ManagementSend us a textTexas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler interviews Gregory Ellis, Attornery at GM Ellis Law Firm P.C., about Texas groundwater markets. Ellis has been practicing water law and been involved in water issues for over three decades. As a law student, Ellis clerked for the Texas House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, working on a variety of water legislation. After graduating from the University of Texas School of Law in 1988 and being admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1989, Ellis worked as a legislative liaison for the Texas Water Commission. In 1992, Ellis...
2022-04-241h 05
Progress Texas PodcastsMinisode: Texas Attorney General Candidate Rochelle Garza: February 10th, 2022Given the way our long-indicted current Attorney General Ken Paxton has run the top law enforcement office in Texas, Texans may have forgotten what that office is supposed to be about: enforcing the law and ensuring justice, not just protecting the Republican regime. It also might seem that correcting this issue is beyond our reach, but it's not. We enjoyed meeting one Democrat who's stepping up to challenge what has become the status quo at AG: Rochelle Garza of the Rio Grande Valley.
2022-02-1119 min
News from The Texas TribuneU.S. Supreme Court considers taking up abortion providers’ challenge to Texas’ near-total ban on the procedureProviders want the Supreme Court to take the case before an appeals court hears it. The high court gave defendants, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, until Thursday to respond to the providers’ request.
2021-10-1900 min
Gramps' Place - Conversations with GrampsGramps Gets Candid with Joe Jaworski - Candidate for Texas Attorney GeneralJoe Jaworski is a third generation Texas trial attorney and the former Mayor of Galveston, TX. Joe earned his bachelor's degree from North Carolina's Davidson College and his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Joe owns and operates his own law firm in Galveston and 2021 marks his 13th year in practice.
Joe believes that “No one–absolutely no one–is above the law.” This is why Joe is running for Texas Attorney General.
In Texas, too many of our public officials think they are above the law. The tearing down of our institutio...
2021-09-2640 minNews from The Texas TribuneU.S. House panel probing Jan. 6 attack wants Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s communications with Trump administrationThe Texas Attorney General was specifically named in a request for materials by the U.S. select committee.
2021-08-2701 minNews from The Texas TribuneTexas Supreme Court temporarily allows school mask mandates to remainTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott wanted the high court to disallow mask mandates in Texas school districts. Justices dismissed their request on a technicality, without issuing a ruling on their legal arguments.
2021-08-2001 min
Point of DiscoveryBONUS: Presenting the Texas Podcast NetworkTo hear the full TX512 show, go to the episode from July 21, 2021 titled “The Texas Podcast Network” Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2LENTUXmG4TTNhbc5mSNu2 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-texas-podcast-network/id1541588194?i=1000529545464 Google: https://txsci.net/tx512 Texas Podcast Network: https://www.utexas.edu/texas-podcast-network Music for today’s show was produced by:Podington Bear - https://www.podingtonbear.com/ About Point of DiscoveryPoint of Discovery is a production of the University of Te...
2021-08-1612 minNews from The Texas TribuneNew Texas lawsuit accuses Biden administration of threatening state’s health care funding to force Medicaid expansionTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit, filed Friday, argues that the Trump-era extension of the federal 1115 Medicaid funding waiver was lawful and that overturning it was a political move.
2021-05-1701 minNews from The Texas TribuneLawmakers go after Attorney General Ken PaxtonHouse members this afternoon adopted an amendment that would cap what the Texas attorney general’s office can spend on outside legal counsel to $500 per hour.
2021-04-2301 min
Law & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastImmigration | Episode 6On today’s episode of Law & Liberty, Deputy of Special Litigation Patrick Sweeten stopped by to discuss how Texas stopped the Biden Administration’s unlawful freeze on deportations, constitutional limits on changes to immigration law, and the burden Texas taxpayers bear for the cost of illegal immigration.
2021-03-2409 min
Moontower BusinessEpisode 60: Joe Jaworski, Candidate for Texas Attorney GeneralEpisode 60 features a great conversation with Joe Jaworski, Candidate for Texas Attorney General. Joe talks about his background and experiences, why he is running for Texas Attorney General, and what the political landscape looks like in Texas.
Learn more about Joe at https://jaworskifortexas.com
Podcast music by www.bensound.com
2021-03-0738 minLaw & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastHuman Trafficking Part One | Episode 5In part one of Law & Liberty’s focus on Human Trafficking, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Deputy AG for Criminal Justice Josh Reno discuss their experience building anti-human trafficking units and what motivates them to strengthen the fight against modern-day slavery.
2021-01-2018 minLaw & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastConsumer Protection | Episode 4On this episode of Law & Liberty, Chief of Consumer Protection Jennifer Jackson joins our host Kayleigh Date to share tips on avoiding scams and give an inside look at how the Office of the Attorney General protects Texans and stops fraudsters across the state.
2020-12-1522 min
Texas Tribune TribCastTribCast: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues to undo the presidential election resultsIn this week's episode, Matthew talks to Emma, Cassi and Mitchell about Texas' lawsuit against swing states that went for Joe Biden, the upcoming legislative session and the future of gambling in Texas.
2020-12-1033 minTexas Tribune TribCastTribCast: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues to undo the presidential election resultsIn this week's episode, Matthew talks to Emma, Cassi and Mitchell about Texas' lawsuit against swing states that went for Joe Biden, the upcoming legislative session and the future of gambling in Texas.
2020-12-1033 minNews from The Texas TribuneIn new lawsuit, Texas contests election results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, PennsylvaniaTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the battleground states from casting "unlawful and constitutionally tainted votes" in the Electoral College. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, experts say.
2020-12-0900 minNews from The Texas TribuneLast whistleblower fired from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office days after suing for retaliationRyan Vassar, who had served as the deputy attorney general for legal counsel, was one of eight senior aides who told authorities they believed Paxton was breaking the law — a report that has sparked an FBI investigation.
2020-11-3001 minLaw & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastElection Integrity RoundtableThis episode of Law & Liberty features Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Special Litigation Division as they discuss rigorous court battles, voting victories, and crucial laws that ensured a safer 2020 General Election for all Texans.
2020-11-2419 minNews from The Texas TribuneFBI is investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, AP report saysThe bureau is probing allegations that Paxton broke the law by using the attorney general's office to serve the interests of a political donor, two unnamed sources told the Associated Press.
2020-11-1901 minTexas Tribune TribCastTribCast: Vaccine news a bright spot as coronavirus cases surge in TexasIn this week's edition of the TribCast, Emma talks to Ross, Edgar and Patrick about the challenges of vaccine distribution in rural Texas, the latest in the allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the controversial new head of th...
2020-11-1834 minTexas Tribune TribCastTribCast: Vaccine news a bright spot as coronavirus cases surge in TexasIn this week's edition of the TribCast, Emma talks to Ross, Edgar and Patrick about the challenges of vaccine distribution in rural Texas, the latest in the allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the controversial new head of th...
2020-11-1834 min
Texas Standard » Stories from TexasThe Texas Connection To Colorado’s Royal Gorge BridgeBridges are measured in three ways, for those who like to keep world records and such: longest, tallest and highest. In Texas, the Fred Hartman Bridge is both the longest bridge at 2.6 miles, and the tallest, at 440 feet. But it is not the highest. That honor goes to the aptly named Pecos High Bridge, which is an astounding 322 feet above the Pecos River – a football field straight up.
The highest bridge in America, in case you’re wondering, is the Royal Gorge Bridge, which comes in just shy of 1000 feet. It’s in Colorado, and would be in Texa...
2020-11-0404 minNews from The Texas TribuneFederal judge blocks Texas’ elimination of straight-ticket votingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office has filed a motion to stop the judge’s order and will file an appeal of the district court’s ruling.
2020-09-2700 minNews from The Texas TribuneJudge won't be removed from criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken PaxtonPaxton's team had asked that the judge, Jason Luong, be recused from the case because the Texas attorney general's office is representing him — along with about 20 other Houston-area judges — in an unrelated lawsuit.
2020-08-2500 minNews from The Texas TribuneA&M can't remove Sul Ross statue without the Legislature's approval, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton saysWithout approval from the Texas Legislature, Texas A&M University leaders cannot remove the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue on campus, Paxton said Friday. If they decide to relocate it, it must be in a "prominent" location, he added.
2020-08-1001 min
Red White & True NewsRed White & True | Episode 10 | “They Know The Truth” | Texas Attorney General Ken PaxtonWhen we say Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting 1000 fires at once, you can believe it. In this great interview with Attorney General Paxton, you’ll hear the chilling words that mail-in voting is the “strategic plan of the Democrats” and “they know the truth” about the opportunity for fraud with mail-in voting. You’ll also hear in no uncertain terms that he will be prosecuting any and all Texans who violate the law on requesting a mail-in ballot. Disabled - no issues. Faking a disability because of covid fears? You will be prosecuted! Listen to Attorney General Paxton discuss his...
2020-07-1531 min
Talk+Water#18, Stacey Allison Steinbach - The Texas Water Conservation AssociationSend us a textTexas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler talks with Stacey Allison Steinbach, General Manager of the Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA). Steinbach joined TWCA in June 2015. She previously worked as a utility district attorney in private practice, as a staff attorney for the Texas General Land Office and most recently as the Executive Director of the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts. She holds a bachelor of science in biology and ecology from Baylor University, a master of science in wildlife and fisheries sciences from Texas A&M University, and a juris doctor with honors...
2020-03-3141 minLaw & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastSpotting Scams | Episode 3March is Consumer Protection Month, and protecting Texans is a year-round priority at the Texas Attorney General's Office. Due to current coronavirus related issues across the state, Texans should be wary of scammers and unscrupulous businesses who may seek to take advantage of the emergency declaration.
In this episode, host Kayleigh Date shares Texas' price gouging laws, best tips for spotting a scammer, and how to report this kind of shady activity to our office. Stay safe, and be on guard for scam artists and price gouging.
2020-03-1810 min
Voices of VeteransEP 17: George P. Bush-Texas Veterans Land BoardAs Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office and Chairman of the Veterans Land Board for the past 6 years, George P Bush shares his approach to maintaining mental fitness, his passion for service, and insights on leadership.
2020-02-1722 minLaw & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastElection Integrity | Episode 2Secure elections are the cornerstone of a thriving republic. As voter fraud is exposed across the nation, the integrity of our election process is more important than ever. But who is committing election fraud and how do they do it?
In this episode, Jonathan White, Chief of the Election Fraud Section of the Texas Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division, joins us to discuss voter fraud, how it impacts the democratic process, and what Texas can do to keep our elections secure, free, and fair.
Click here to learn more about how the Texas Attorney Ge...
2020-02-1026 minLaw & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastHuman Trafficking | Episode 2Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and Texas is on the forefront of combating the exploitation of men, women, and children for profit.
In this episode, Mallory Vincent, Assistant Attorney General for the Human Trafficking and Transnational/Organized Crime Section, joins us to discuss the realities of trafficking, red flags, and how Texans are empowered to “Be The One” to end this horrific crime. Learn more about the Texas Attorney General’s fight against trafficking here: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/initiatives/human-trafficking
Watch the Texas Attorney General training video and documentary “Be The One in the Fight Ag...
2020-01-1415 minNews from The Texas TribuneTexas regulators want tougher penalties for company after Port Neches blastIn a surprising vote, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rejected a staff-proposed penalty against TPC Group's Port Neches chemical plant — which was rocked by explosions last month — for a slew of 2018 pollution violations and asked that they be referred to the Texas Attorney General's Office.
2019-12-2000 minNews from The Texas TribuneWaco judge sues Texas agency after being sanctioned for refusing gay marriagesDianne Hensley, who received a warning last month from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, will be represented by First Liberty Institute, a high-profile religious liberty law firm with close ties to the Texas Attorney General's Office.
2019-12-2000 minLaw & Liberty: A Texas Attorney General PodcastReligious Liberty | Episode 1Religious freedom is a core element of the U.S. Constitution, but how does that right impact our everyday lives?
On our very first episode, David Hacker, Special Counsel to the First Assistant Attorney General, joins us as we discuss the free exercise of religion clause listed in our First Amendment. We dig into the finer points of religious liberty and share details of both high and low-profile cases centered around this fundamental right.
2019-12-1122 min
Point of DiscoveryA Love Letter from Texas Scientists to the Periodic TableWe’re celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. Join us as we tour the cosmos, from the microscopic to the telescopic, with four scientists studying the role of four elements—zinc, oxygen, palladium and gold—in life, the universe and everything.
Emily Que is a chemist who helped capture, for the first time on video, zinc fireworks that burst from an egg when it’s fertilized by sperm. Astronomer Michael Endl is searching for chemical signs of life in the atmospheres of exoplanets. Kate Biberdorf (a.k.a. Kate the Chemist) found new ways to speed up...
2019-03-0616 min
Megaphone TexasRamey, Texas Senate District 14Ramey is part of Texas State Senate District 14 and is following several elections, including races for US Senate, Texas Attorney General, and Texas Supreme Court Judges. He talks about why the judicial elections are important to him.
2018-11-0503 min
Texas Tribune EventsA Conversation with Justin NelsonJoin The Texas Tribune in person or on our livestream for a conversation with Justin Nelson, Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Texas, moderated by Texas Tribune co-founder and executive editor Ross Ramsey.Nelson, an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law, is the Democratic challenger facing incumbent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Nelson is a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the founder of the nonprofit One Nation One Vote, an organization focused on electing the U.S. president by popular vote. Nelson is a partner sp...
2018-10-181h 01
Texas Tribune AudioTexas Attorney General demands school district to hand over controversial human sexuality curriculumTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton demanded Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Kent Scribner turn over a copy of a sixth-grade health curriculum that includes lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity.
www.texastribune.org
2018-06-2902 min