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Pratt 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
Daily Headlines6/20/25 Illegal Aliens Smuggled into Texas- Former US Soldier Sentenced for Smuggling Illegals Into Texas- General Mills Will Remove Artificial Dyes After Paxton Investigation- New Teacher Misconduct Reporting Law Closes ‘Pass the Trash’ Loopholes2025-06-2003 minPratt on TexasTexas loses case to stop nuke waste license in Andrews | Abbott being too clever in Comptroller case? – Pratt on Texas 6/18/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas loses one at the U.S. Supreme Court and it’s a bad decision as the dissent points out. And, Texas wins one indirectly with the victory for Tennessee.
SCOTUS Tosses Texas’ Legal Challenge to NRC’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage License
Supreme Court Blocks Texas Lawsuit Over Nuclear Waste Site
US Supreme Court Sides With Federal Agency in Nuclear Waste Storage Case
Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors – a great win for mo...2025-06-1943 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 minPratt on TexasHouse rightly ignores Rep. Ken King, passes Sen. Perry’s THC ban | Key abortion bills move – Pratt on Texas 5/22/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas House gets it right, does not cave into the fallacy that selling THC to get people “high” is a productive “industry” we must save in Texas. I talk about this and the good role of Senator Perry and the bad role of Rep. Ken King.Other key items from the Legislature:
Texas lawmakers OK bills on handgun licenses, cryptocurrency, AI abuses
Texas House passes bill clarifying abortion ban exception – unnecessary and pleases the baby k...2025-05-2343 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=dd62e22f81d6a0713ef8d55fe4b382ab418463182025-05-1912 minPratt on TexasBad bill on free speech (SLAPP) killed; some good bills pass House | Full legislative update – Pratt on Texas 5/15/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Today is the first kill-the-bills-day in the Texas House. I comment on the following:
Governor Abbott Signs Pro-Growth Business Legislation Into Law
House Speaker Agrees to Senate’s $8B School Funding Bill
Texas bill passes to address ‘sexual abuse crisis’ in public schools, more
Ban on loudspeakers, masks at campus protests passes Senate
Bill imposing caps on out-of-state campaign contributions passes Texas House
House bill on lawsuits shelved after critics label it harmful to free speech – great news, the anti...2025-05-1643 minPratt on TexasRed Flag laws, “misgendering,” AG prosecuting election crimes, tort reform & much more from Austin – Pratt on Texas 5/9/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Much news out of the 89th Legislature in Austin including:
Texas House Lawmakers Take Aim at Red Flag Laws
Texas Renews Call for Convention of States To Curb Federal Power. TPPF Celebrates Passage of HJR 98, the Article V Convention of States Resolution
How taxpayer funded “public media” sees the issue: Texas Senate passes bill that would allow teachers, students to misgender others without punishment
Misgender protections for students, teachers, public employees passes Texas Senate
House Lawmakers Pass Onerous Regu...2025-05-1043 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 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 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 minPratt on TexasDems picked white male as Tx chairman, did they then protest themselves? | Texas business news – Pratt on Texas 3/31/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrats picked a white male liberal as chairman of their political party this past weekend – no word on whether they protested themselves afterward. The new chief Texas Democrat wants the party the pushes not working and making working people pay for those who won’t work to focus on “working people.”I wonder what classic “working people” think of transvestite story hour at the local libraries and schools; burning Teslas; worrying day and night about homosexual issues, and...2025-04-0143 minPratt on TexasFeds are now working, Texas should stop spending border billions | Texas Democrats’ root problem – Pratt on Texas 3/28/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrats are picking a new party chairman this weekend. All their talk about trying to find someone who can win elections is for nothing until they stop living in a false, alternate universe. The often quoted Matt Angle, in this DMN story, demonstrates such. No matter how much you say it, Abbott, Patrick, and the Texas GOP is not “failed” and no person in touch with reality can make that general claim.Our Lone Star story of t...2025-03-2943 min
Hear Ye, Hear Ye!Striving for Excellence; A man's Passion for the Texas RenaissanceWe invite you to enjoy episode #63 of Hera ye, hear ye; A TX-Style Renaissance Podcast! IN this episode we visit the Once and Future General Manager, Jeff Baldwin. WE recorded this episode in the fall before the release of Ren Faire, the movie. When we spoke with Jeff he was once again the Entertainment director, after serving his second time as General Manager. He talks about the pain of losing the position and the need to return and the happiness of once again being a part of the Festival he cares so much about. Unbeknownst to him...2025-03-2837 minPratt on TexasTexas Tech HSC’s racial discrimination suit | Getting the Tx AG back to prosecuting election fraud – Pratt on Texas 3/14/2025The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Senator Bryan Hughes is working to get Texas back to sanity with its Attorney General’s office prosecuting election crimes as it did since 1951 before a stupid, ignorant ruling from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2021. This is greatly needed but will a good bill move in the Texas House? The same crowd is in charge in the House to setup the sham impeachment of A.G. Paxton and nothing indicates those folk have stopped their efforts to politically destroy th...2025-03-1543 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/18/25: GOP And Musk Targeting Social Security And Medicaid, And MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Elon Musk and his team of hackers are zeroing in on Social Security: https://thehill.com/opinion/5148448-elon-musk-targeting-social-security/...The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has resigned over Musk's attempts to gain access to its sensitive financial data on American citizens: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/social-security-musk-team-access.htmlMeanwhile, House GOP members are pushing a budget resolution that features massive cuts to Medicaid: https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5149960-medicaid-concerns-threaten-gop-budget-resolution/...Budget committee chair Jodey Arrington of Lubbock's office can be reached here...2025-02-1808 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/24/25: Surprising Nobody, Texas Republicans Scrap Democratic Committee Chairs, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Upending over five decades of tradition, but right in line with their anti-democratic MAGA fanaticism, the Republican majority in the Texas House voted yesterday to ban Democrats from chairing committees: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/23/texas-house-republican-committee-chairs/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=9a17e04997-trib-newsletters-thebrief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9a17e04997-103307619
As the State Bar of Texas unceremoniously drops disciplinary proceedings against Ken Paxton for his false claims during attempts to undermine the 2020 election, our Attorney General is officially above the law: https://apnews...2025-01-2408 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 11/20/24: Texas Offers Site For Massive Trump Immigrant Detention Facility, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The Texas General Land Office has offered up a 1,400 acre Starr County ranch to the Trump administration for the building of a huge detention facility for undocumented immigrants rounded up in the planned "largest mass deportation in American history": https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/19/texas-border-starr-county-ranch-trump-deportation/
...Will this facility match the formal definition of a "concentration camp"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp
The Texas State Board of Education, after a delay caused by hours of public testimony, voted 8 to 7 to advance the approval of Bluebonnet...2024-11-2007 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 11/4/24: Texas Progressives Fired Up On Eve Of Election Day, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Early voting totals turn out below 2020 overall, with encouraging stats for both sides - for Dems, heavy early turnout for women could be key: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/columns/2024/11/03/who-has-voted-early-in-texas-2024-elections-trump-harris/75989548007/
...Almost half of the total of registered voters in Texas have showed up early: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/almost-half-of-texas-registered-voters-early-voting-numbers/287-7ea7dd66-f0b2-4767-883a-86d8da3ed561
...Ted Cruz is part of a national Republican push to falsely raise fears of widespread election fraud: https...2024-11-0409 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 10/28/24: Older Rural Turnout Outpacing Young Urban Turnout In Texas, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
In-person turnout has been massive in the first half of the 2024 early voting period, with higher percentages in rural counties than urban: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/index.shtml
...However, overall turnout is actually down at this stage compared to 2020, when mail-in ballots saw a giant spike due to the pandemic: https://www.expressnews.com/politics/article/early-voting-trends-texas-19863618.php
...Paper registration forms, turned both by mail and in person, are increasingly failing to result in a successful registration: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/28...2024-10-2808 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 10/25/24: Harris In Houston As Early Voting Keeps Truckin' In Texas, And MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
A growing number of urban Texas counties exceed 100,000 early votes cast, as a growing number of rural Texas counties top 27% early turnout: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml
...Progress Texas weighs in on the huge early turnout: https://progresstexas.org/blog/statement-texas-early-voting-excitement-shatters-records
...Want to confirm that your ballot was counted? It takes some doing, but can be done: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/elections/texas-check-ballot-counted-status/287-08daf8ac-123a-45f1-8806-5f121c0f303c
Vice President...2024-10-2508 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 10/22/24: Early Voting First Day Turnout Records Fall Across Texas, And MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Massive, record-breaking turnout on the first day of early voting in the 2024 election yesterday in North Texas: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-is-the-third-least-safe-state-to-live-in-america-heres-why/3676621/?os=vb.&ref=app
...In the Austin area: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/long-wait-times-seen-as-early-voting-kicks-off-in-texas
...In the Houston area: https://www.fox26houston.com/news/harris-county-clerk-addressing-election-rumors-first-day-early-voting
...In the San Antonio area: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/bexar-county-early-voting-record-19848470.php
...While voter totals are smaller, a great number of Texas' rural and suburban counties saw percentages of their...2024-10-2207 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 10/17/24: Texas Hours From Executing An Innocent Man, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas is now hours from executing a man who experts - and his own prosecutors - agree was convicted on junk science. The bipartisan Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence has issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify before them at a date beyond his scheduled execution: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/texas-execution-robert-roberson-subpoena/
...The state, for over a decade, has ignored a 2013 law that allows convictions based upon undermined science to be re-tried: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/robert-roberson-texas-execution-shaken-baby-syndrome
Starting November 1, Texas hospitals are under...2024-10-1707 minDaily Headlines10/8/24 Casino Cash in Texas Politics-Casino Lobby Boosts Abbott and Hegar with Major Contributions-Texas General Land Office Takes Ownership of Alamo Cenotaph-ICE Arrests Venezuelan Gang Member Who Entered Illegally via Texas2024-10-0804 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 9/20/24: Paxton Loses - No Guns At Texas State Fair, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
A Dallas judge has denied Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to block a new policy enacted by the State Fair of Texas which will ban the carrying of guns into this fall's event: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/19/texas-state-fair-gun-ban-injunction-denied/
Paxton has sued (again) Harris County over its guaranteed income program for low income residents, even after it was revised to accommodate issues raised by the Texas Supreme Court: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/guaranteed-income-harris-county-19777648.php
Investigative reporter Steven Monacelli is looking into connections between...2024-09-2007 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
Inside Texas FootballDeep Dive: How the Texas Longhorns Beat the Michigan WolverinesPaul and Ian chat about how Texas gets the win versus Michigan. And what Texas needs to be watch out for... Use Promo Code KICKOFF24 for 50% Off Annual Memberships (FLASH SALE): https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/join/ This video is brought to you by Gabe Winslow. Call 832-557-1095 or visit his website to start your ideal mortgage process (www.mortgagesbygabe.com) Chapters 00:00 General Theory of Beating Michigan 11:13 Michigan's Blitzing Defense 21:50 Colston Loveland Is Good at Football Purchase The 2024 Longhorn Football Prospectus: Thinking Texas Football - 12th Annual Edition: https://sites.google.com/view/the-2023-burnt-orange-bible/home Written...2024-09-0527 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
On Air With Student AffairsS1E1: On Air With Brigadier General Joe Ramirez, Part 1Welcome back to campus, Aggies! And welcome to our very first episode of On Air With Student Affairs, the podcast that showcases all the ways you can create your Aggie experience through programs and services offered at Texas A&M. In this episode we talk to Brigadier General Joe Ramirez, Vice President for Student Affairs, about the Division of Student Affairs here at Texas A&M University and how it's connected to involvement opportunities on campus.Get ready to dive in, make your mark and embrace the Aggie Spirit! To learn more about how you can create...2024-08-1421 min
Big Ideas TXSTEpisode 53: Cleaner beaches through AI with Jenna WalkerTexas State University’s Jenna Walker , director of Watershed Services with The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast to discuss the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor and predict the water quality along Texas’ 367 miles of coastline. A 2022 study found that 55 out of 61 beaches tested along the Texas Gulf coast exceeded safe levels of fecal bacteria on at least one testing day. Enter The Meadows Center. Using its existing network of citizen scientists in the volunteer Texas Stream Team program, the center is regularly collecting water samples from l...2024-08-0530 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/23/24: Texas DNC Delegation Backs VP Harris, Bigly - and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas' delegation to the Democratic National Convention - the nation's 3rd-largest - voted overwhelmingly to support Vice President Kamala Harris in a call last night: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/21/joe-biden-texas-delegates-nomination-process/
...Meanwhile Team Harris is raising record-setting amounts of campaign donations: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-fundraising-81-million-biden-drops-out/
...An ActBlue heat map shows D/FW as a major source of Harris' funding: https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1e9lr23/actblue_small_dollar_donation_heat_map/
...Local Metroplex Democratic leaders helped get that...2024-07-2307 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 6/25/24: Abortion Ban Leads To Spike In Infant Deaths In Texas, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Vice President Kamala Harris, in a talk with Sheryl Lee Ralph, calls out the barbarity of Texas' abortion ban (index to 7:30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GVaSFsHQuY
...Progress Texas runs down the two years since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v Wade: https://progresstexas.org/blog/two-years-terror-pregnant-texans-after-roe-reversal
...Our official statement: https://progresstexas.org/blog/statement-healthcare-horror-stories-rise-dobbs-second-anniversary
...Post-Roe Texas has seen a dramatic rise in infant deaths and births with frequently-fatal congenital anomalies: https://www.sciencealert.com/texas-abortion-ban-linked-to-marked-increase-in-infant-deaths-study-finds
...Two new books detail...2024-06-2509 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
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
Pod Strangely Warmed"Whats Happening at General Conference 2020 in 2024: Part 2" w/ Rev. Dr. Tim Bruster, and Kelly CarpenterThis week on the podcast, Rev. Daniel Hawkins is joined by Kelly Carpenter and Rev. Dr. Tim Bruster, lay and clergy heads of delegation for the North Texas and Central Texas Conferences of the UMC. Drawing from their significant experience, Kelly and Tim share their perspectives on the upcoming General Conference, offering listeners a glimpse into the inner workings of this monumental gathering, include reflection on the impact of disaffiliation, and the unexpected gift found in the delays of GC 2020. This episode we ask for grace as we had some Technical audio issues while recording. The storys t...2024-03-1933 min
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
UT Tyler Radio ConnectsDr. Ken Wink: Texas' Political Climate After the March Primary ElectionsPrepare to navigate the politically charged terrain of Texas with Dr. Ken Wink from UT Tyler, as we dissect the seismic shifts from the March 2024 primary elections. Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton played a high-stakes political chess game that has set a new precedent. But how will this power play shape the Lone Star State's electoral future. From the fall of school voucher opponent Travis Clardy to the eye-opening UT Tyler poll results, discover how Texans feel about their governor's stance on economy and border policies, and see how these sentiments stack up against President Biden's a...2024-03-1213 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 3/6/23: Super Tuesday Texas Results, Amplify Austin Day, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Complete election results coverage by the Texas Tribune: https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/primary-election-results-2024/
The campaigns of retribution against members of their own party by Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton pay dividends: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/06/texas-primaries-gop-incumbents-defeated/
Incumbent GOP Houston Rep. Lacey Hull survives a primary challenge by Jared Woodfill, backed by Paxton and other GOP biggies in spite of his current involvement with an ongoing sex abuse scandal and lawsuit: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/06/texas-primaries-gop-incumbents-defeated/
Travis County D.A...2024-03-0613 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 2/5/22: Religious Zealotry And Racial Hate On Display At Texas Border, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Today is the last day to register to vote in the March primary! Get it done: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/02/05/monday-is-last-day-to-register-to-vote-in-march-5-texas-primary-election/
All about voting in Texas: https://govotetexas.org/
Governor Abbott, gathered at Eagle Pass with 13 other Republican governors, pledges to expand the border territory his Operation Lone Star is excluding from access by federal Border Patrol personnel: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/us/texas-border-abbott-governors.html
...While U.S. House Democrats from Texas respond to Abbott's obvious theatrics and warn...2024-02-0512 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/1/24: Progress Texas Endorses Roland Gutierrez for U.S. Senate, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
We're proud to announce that we are endorsing Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez to face Ted Cruz in the race for our state's junior seat in the U.S. Senate: https://rolandfortexas.com/
Republican craziness over the border includes the supposedly-moderate (and essentially hopeless) Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley: https://nypost.com/2024/01/31/news/nikki-haley-claims-texas-has-the-right-to-secede-from-us-thats-their-decision-to-make/
...While the more obviously crazy U.S. Rep. Chip Roy compares the recent 5-4 SCOTUS call in favor of federal immigration jurisdiction to the infamous Dred Scott decision: https://thehill.com...2024-02-0112 min
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/8/24: Forecasting a Do Or Die Election Year In Texas, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Scott Braddock at Quorum Report predicts that retribution efforts by both Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, the fight to unseat Ted Cruz, the border and, most importantly, abortion rights will be central to this huge election year: https://news.yahoo.com/texas-politics-2024-biggest-stories-005524497.html
...While Governor Abbott is rebuked by the editorial board of the Houston Chronicle for his "devious plot" of busing and flying migrants into northern cities: https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-accused-sowing-chaos-largest-texas-newspaper-1858450
...And Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls Abbott's scheme "...2024-01-0810 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 12/12/23: Texas Mom Forced To Flee For Emergency Abortion Care, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Dallas-area mother Kate Cox, denying her emergency emergency care, forcing Cox to leave Texas to receive it: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2023/12/11/kate-cox-flees-state-to-get-abortion-after-supreme-court-decision/
...Proving that the "exceptions" Texas law provides are really not intended to help Texas mothers: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/texas-abortion-ban.html
...And serves as the ironic "pro-life" protection of a doomed pregnancy at the cost of future children for Cox: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/09/opinions/texas-abortion-laws-kate-cox-ziegler/index.html
The filing deadline for...2023-12-1208 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 10/4/23: Texas U.S. Rep Wants Trump For Speaker, and MoreStories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
After resisting his nomination, all Texas U.S. Reps stuck with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to the end: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/03/texas-republicans-kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote/
...And now, Fort Bend Rep. Troy Nehls wants Donald Trump to be the new Speaker: https://www.khou.com/article/news/politics/troy-nehls-nominates-donald-trump-speaker-of-the-house/285-ac4a2f55-bbe0-4df0-90f5-ae0d8f7dc843
House impeachment managers release more dirt on Attorney General Ken Paxton, which they say they didn't have time to use during the impeachment trial: https...2023-10-0407 min
Texas NewsUnraveling Texas v. WhiteWelcome back to the Texas News Podcast, which is your hub for all things Texas politics and the future of Texas independence. To start off this episode we first go over some recent Texas news. With Attorney General Ken Paxton’s upcoming impeachment trial and school choice-focused special sessions on the horizon, the current sphere of Texas politics is one for the history books. These measures are dominating the Texas politics news cycle, but very little attention or credence is given to the huge political ripple effects that will occur after the fact, which is why we’re here to b...2023-07-2049 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
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
Confused Heap of FactsEpisode 12 - Jennings on Texas Frontier CavalryDr. Nate Jennings talks to Dr. Jonathan Abel, joined by Dr. Bill Nance, about cavalry on the Texas frontier. He outlines how the cavalry tradition began with the first American settlers there; their relationship with the local Comanche, Apache, and other indigenous groups; and how that evolved into a cavalry tradition that paid dividends in the Texas War of Independence. He then discusses how the Texas cavalry tradition was invaluable in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War, and how it influences cavalry practice and doctrine in the present.
"History is only a confused heap of facts."...2022-06-141h 04
A Little LouderEpisode 45: Texas GLO and DiscriminationJohn is joined by Texas Housers' Advocacy Director David Wheaton on this episode to discuss the recent final determination from the Department of Housing and Urban Development that the Texas General Land Office discriminated against Black and Hispanic Texans in their distribution of CDBG-MIT funds to protect their neighborhoods from future storms and disasters. John and David break down the creation of these dollars, how the discrimination happened, and what needs to come next to protect these neglected communities.2022-05-1935 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
Sketchbook with Daniel Montoya Jr.Shiree Williams (Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin)Mr. Shiree Williams is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting at The University of Texas at Austin, under the tutelage of Professor Jerry Junkin. Prior to his enrollment, Mr. Williams served as Director of Bands at Faubion Middle School and the Associate Director of Bands at McKinney High School. A native of south Georgia, Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree cum laude from Valdosta State University and a Master of Music in Conducting (Wind Emphasis) degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he was the conducting student...2022-03-221h 43
Sketchbook with Daniel Montoya Jr.Ogechi Ukazu (Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin)Ogechi Ukazu is a doctoral candidate in wind conducting, under Jerry Junkin, at the University of Texas at Austin where she also serves as a teaching assistant for the UT band program. Prior to this position, she acted as Visiting Instructor of Instrumental Music at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. Ms. Ukazu spent 10 years as a Band Director in both middle and high schools in the Houston area. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Houston and a Master’s Degree in Conducting from Sam Houston State University. In 2011, the Claughton Midd...2022-03-222h 00
Voices of VeteransEp. 89 Jason Kelley - General Manager - Global Strategic Partners“There is strength in community.” - Jason Kelley Army Ranger Veteran and IBM’s General Manager of Global Strategic Partners, Jason Kelley, joined Next Gen Warrior for an in-depth conversation on military life & post-transition growth. Born into a military family, Jason earned his commission at West Point, serving in the Army Rangers for more than a decade before transitioning to the private sector. Jason discussed the importance of team building in business, his current work at IBM, and the idea of the “New Collar” worker.2022-02-2240 min
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
Voices of VeteransEP 87: Major General (ret.) David Glaser - Army Veteran - Chief Strategy OfficerAfter 36 years of military service in the United States Army, Major General (Ret.) David Glaser is now the Chief Strategy Officer at Sam Houston State. David discusses the opportunities the Army opened up for him, critical lessons in team building and leadership from Iraq, and the impact technology is having on students as they enter a rapidly changing workforce.2022-01-0345 min
Texas TalesThe Origins of Cinco de Mayo and the Texan...errr Mexican General at the Heart of it All.We love hearing from our fans!In this episode we discuss the origins of Cinco de Mayo and the impact (beyond a day to drink) on Texas and the U.S.A. An ordinary boy born in Goliad, from a family steep in Texas lore rises to general of the Mexican army and defeats not only Santa Ana, but Napoleon III. You can't make this stuff up. Grab a drink and have fun with this one! Support the show2021-09-0136 min
News 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 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 minBig Ideas TXSTEpisode 19: Clean Coast Texas with Nick DornakNick Dornak, director of watershed services with the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast to discuss the Clean Coast Texas Collaborative.
The collaborative will provide coastal communities with technical assistance on best practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution and incorporate stormwater management techniques. As a primary component of the recently launched Clean Coast Texas initiative, the collaborative encompasses a dynamic team of scientists, educators, engineers and communication professionals, who will work with communities throughout the Texas Coastal Zone to address stormwater management and water quality concerns...2021-08-0224 min
Voices of VeteransEP 74: Mia Garcia, Earl Lundy, and Nichole Moffett – Texas Veterans NetworkIn episode 74 of the #NextGenWarrior show, we hear from Mia Garcia, Earl Lundy, and Nichole Moffett about Combined Arms and the state of Texas partnership, the Texas Veterans Network (TVN). TVN is a collaborative of Veteran-serving community-based organizations and government agencies that serve Active Duty, Reservists, National Guard, all Veterans, and their family members. Texans should be proud of this great organization that has connected Veterans to support systems across the state. Mia, Earl, and Nichole highlight the programs, resources, and success stories of the Texas Veterans Network (TVN).2021-06-1046 min
Voices of VeteransEP 72: James Lambert - Peer Service Coordinator at Samaritan CenterArmy Veteran James Lambert is a testament to tribulation and triumph of military transition. After leaving the service he fought addiction, experienced homelessness, and searched for his purpose. After meeting a fellow Soldier he served with, James recommitted himself to getting back into the workforce, earned a degree from Texas State, and now works as a Peer Service Coordinator at the Samaritan Center. James is the embodiment of continued leadership and service even in the face of challenges experienced after taking off the uniform. His story is eye-opening, moving, and uplifting.2021-04-2842 min
Voices of VeteransEP 71: Retired Major General Clayton Hutmacher - President & CEO of Special Operations Warrior FoundationMajor General (Ret) Clayton Hutmacher started his military career as a 17 year old Private in the United States Marine Corps and retired as Director of Operations at U.S. Special Operations Command. He now runs Special Operations Warrior Foundation as President/CEO. SOWF provides educational benefits and community support for children whose parents were killed while serving in the Special Forces, as well as children of Medal of Honor recipients. Hear his inspiring story and learn more about how you can support the SOWF mission. 2021-04-2045 min
Voices of VeteransEP 67: Patrick George-Beachwood VenturesPatrick George, U.S. Marine Corps Officer and Managing Partner of Beachwood Ventures is an entrepreneur at heart. He shares the story of his personal and professional growth, while emphasizing the importance of pairing the Veteran network with building your technical skill set. We also discussed developing a business, his military service, and the future of energy in Texas.2021-03-2350 min
Voices of VeteransEP 65: General John M. Murray-Commanding General of Army Futures CommandGeneral John M. Murray, the Commanding General of Army Futures Command joins Next Gen Warrior to discuss the evolution of warfare, how junior members of the Armed Forces can prepare for the future of battle, and what made Austin the ideal home for Army Futures Command Headquarters.2021-03-1040 minBig Ideas TXSTEpisode 12: Texas music with Hector SaldañaHector Saldaña, curator of the Texas Music Collection at Texas State University's Wittliff Collections, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast for a wide-ranging interview to discuss his more than 20 years working as a music journalist and how that prepared him for the dream job as music curator with The Wittliff, and the amazing materials that may be found in the collection.
Saldaña's articles have covered a wide range of subjects, from hard-hitting investigative reporting along the Texas-Mexico border, to celebrity interviews with Yoko Ono, George Carlin and Beyoncé. In his career, Saldaña has been a re...2021-01-0434 min
Big Ideas TXSTEpisode 12 Promo: Texas music with Hector SaldañaHector Saldaña, curator of the Texas Music Collection at Texas State University's Wittliff Collections, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast for a wide-ranging interview to discuss his more than 20 years working as a music journalist and how that prepared him for the dream job as music curator with The Wittliff, and the amazing materials that may be found in the collection.
Saldaña's articles have covered a wide range of subjects, from hard-hitting investigative reporting along the Texas-Mexico border, to celebrity interviews with Yoko Ono, George Carlin and Beyoncé. In his career, Saldaña has been a re...2021-01-0402 min
Voices of VeteransChristopher Mendez-Commonwealth Asset Management LPMarine Corps Veteran Christopher Mendez describes his non-traditional path to the Marine Corps, becoming a lawyer, and General Counsel/CCO. He dives into his story from his formative years as a child to the routine that keeps him sharp on a daily basis, and the 10 year journey to becoming an overnight success.2020-12-0139 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 TribuneU.S. Rep. Chip Roy, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s former top aide, calls for Paxton's resignation"For the good of the people of Texas and the extraordinary public servants who serve at the Office of the Attorney General, Attorney General Ken Paxton must resign," Roy said in a statement.2020-10-0701 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 min
Voices of VeteransEP 35: Mayor Larry Wallace, PHD-City of ManorU.S. Army Veteran and Mayor of Manor Larry Wallace Jr, PHD on how preparing for meetings over coffee with his father bridged his military career to his professional life, and how he approaches leadership as the Mayor of Manor, a growing and diverse town in Central Texas.2020-06-2941 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 min
Voices of VeteransEP 21: Brent Looby-Desert Door DistilleryThe sole Sotol distillery in America, Desert Door Distillery was founded and run by three Veterans in Texas. Hear the remarkable story of how an idea launched at the McCombs Business school became a reality. 2020-03-1625 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 min
Voices of VeteransEP 13: Craig CummingsCraig Cummings is the Co-founder and General Partner at Moonshots Capital and was recognized in 2015 as HillVets 100 most influential Veterans. After 17 years of service in the Army and on the cusp of retirement Craig left the Army to start a business that almost failed. Hear his story of determination and why placing his reputation on the line inspired his success. 2020-01-2225 min
Voices of VeteransEP 10: Anthony CucoloIn a wide-ranging can’t miss conversation Retired US Army Major General Anthony Cucolo shares his insight on how leaders can build effective teams and tells us the most important lesson he learned in war. Anthony Cucolo currently serves on the Texas 2036 Board as Co-Chair for National Security Innovation Council.2019-12-0944 min
Voices of VeteransEP 9: Glenn BantonIn a conversation with OSD CEO & Executive Director Glenn Banton discusses maintaining work/life balance, the state of Veterans in Texas, and the importance of Vets staying engaged in their community.2019-11-2534 min
Voices of VeteransEP 5: Zach WalkerAs Texas Lead for the Defense Innovation Unit, a Department of Defense organization, Zach Walker is deploying over $400 million to solve national security challenges across five focus areas: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Human Systems, Cyber, and Commercial Space. He sits down with host Dan Hamilton to impart the lessons he has learned from over 15 years of intelligence, cybersecurity, and cyberwarfare experience as a military reservist (Texas Army National Guard and Air Force), Federal civilian, and government contractor. He has served in the National Security Agency (NSA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Air Force, and Army, where he earned a Bronze Star...2019-10-0741 min
Voices of VeteransEP 4: Eric BrownEric Brown, Deputy Director of Texas State Veterans Cemeteries, provides his personal insight and professional guidance for Veterans to apply when leaving the service.2019-09-2320 min
Voices of VeteransEP 3: Ian FolauIan Folau, Managing Director of LMI Ventures, sits down to explore his journey from the mountains of Afghanistan to South by Southwest. For information about Voices of Veterans Next Gen Warrior go to www.voicesofveterans.org. For information about the Texas Veterans Land Board go to www.vlb.texas.gov.2019-09-0930 min
Voices of VeteransEP 2: Molly Mae PotterMolly Mae Potter, Director of Engineering Operations at DELL, discusses how Veterans can succeed in the workplace. For information about Voices of Veterans Next Gen Warrior go to www.voicesofveterans.org. For information about the Texas Veterans Land Board go to www.vlb.texas.gov.2019-08-2635 min
Voices of VeteransNext Gen Warrior Jeremiah Gunderson, Director of Student Veterans Services at the University of Texas Austin, discusses how Veterans can succeed on college campuses & being awarded Student Veterans of America Chapter Adviser of the Year. For information about Voices of Veterans Next Gen Warrior go to www.voicesofveterans.org. For information about the Texas Veterans Land Board go to www.vlb.texas.gov.2019-08-1519 minTexas Standard » Stories from TexasTeddy Roosevelt’s Texas CampaignBy W. F. Strong
The Menger Hotel in San Antonio may boast of hosting more U.S. Presidents than any other hotel in Texas. George H. W. Bush stayed there. Clinton stayed there, as did Reagan. Nixon stayed there. So did Truman and Taft and McKinley. Even Ulysses S. Grant slept there.
The most important name not yet mentioned, and if you know your Texas history you’re already writing a letter to remind me, but don’t hit send just yet because I’m coming to him: Teddy Roosevelt. He rates as the most import...2019-06-2606 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
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.org2018-06-2902 minTexas Standard » Stories from TexasSamuel Walker: The Real Walker, Texas Ranger
One of the most fascinating Texas Rangers of all time was Samuel Hamilton Walker — no relation, we should say right off the bat, to Chuck Norris’ fictional character Cordell Walker. Many Ranger aficionados rate Sam Walker the second-most-important Texas Ranger of all time, behind Jack Coffee Hays, with whom Walker rangered. Now that’s a dream team.
Samuel Walker arrived in Texas six years after Texas had won its independence. In five more years, in 1847, he would be dead. But in those five years he would defend San Antonio from Mexican forces, invade Mexico four times, escape from a...2018-03-2305 minTexas Standard » Stories from TexasTop of the Chart Songs about Texas TownsThere are thousands of songs about Texas. For example, all the way over in England, Duran-Duran – the British new wave pop group, dropped a top 20 (#14) song called “Rio” back in ’82.
And you have “All My Ex’s Live In Texas” and “The Yellow Rose of Texas” and “The Road Goes on Forever,” as does the list.
Pat Green sang in “Songs about Texas” – “there’s a song in every town,” implying that there is a song FOR every town in Texas. Probably true, but only a rare few made it to the Billboard top 40.
So I thought it would be interes...2017-07-2606 minTexas Standard » Stories from TexasTexas Weather is Never NormalWhen Admiral Perry arrived at the North Pole, according to legend, he said, “Must be a cold day in Amarillo!” He was referring of course to the old Texas saying that there is nothing between Amarillo and the North Pole but a barbed wire fence.
Amarillo and the Panhandle are not just famous for arctic fronts and blue northers. They are well known for wind in general. Chicago is not really the king of windy cities; Amarillo is. The Weather Channel says that Amarillo is the windiest city in America. In fact four of the top ten wind...2017-03-0804 min
Texas Wine LoverTWL031 – Texas Wine Lover’s Q&A Podcast
In this episode of the Texas Wine Lover podcast, we do something different and instead of traveling to interview somebody, we take Texas Wine Lover reader’s questions about Texas wine and wine in general. Jeremy and Jeff do their best to answer everybody’s questions.
Some of the questions asked are:
With so many wine blends available, what is the value to the Texas Wine Industry in making so many blends?
Is a Texas wine still considered Texas if they purchase grapes/juice from New Mexico or California?
Why is Texas wine so expe...2016-11-0325 min
Texas Tribune EventsMeet the New Guys: Incoming Members of the Texas HouseKyle Biedermann, R-New Braunfels, won the Republican primary in Texas House District 73 in May, beating incumbent Rep. Doug Miller. He is running unopposed in the general election. Biedermann is a Fredricksburg resident and small-business owner.Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, won the crowded Democratic primary in Texas House District 49 in March, replacing retiring Rep. Elliott Naishtat. She has no major-party opposition. Previously, she served on the Austin ISD school board and as board president. Hinojosa also serves on the Equal Justice Center Board. Lina Ortega, D-El Paso, won the Democratic primary in Texas House District 77 in March, replacing...2016-10-1354 min