20 episodes
Texas Matters David Martin Davies
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Texas is a big state with a growing, diverse population and as the population grows, the issues and challenges facing its residents multiply. Texas Matters is a statewide news program that spends half an hour each week looking at the issues and culture of Texas.
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Texas Matters: How the abortion ban impacts health care
Today on Texas Matters: The illusion of exceptions in the Texas Abortion law. Can the Texas Medical Board clear up the confusion? South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar says he’s being targeted with his indictments. And a Central American teen tells the story of his journey coming to the U.S.
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Texas Matters: "On Juneteenth"
A discussion about Juneteenth and Texas with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed
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Texas Matters: Should TX GOP leaders apologize for promoting '2000 Mules'?
How "2000 Mules" is a fake documentary about voter fraud. But will Texas GOP leaders admit that? Juneteenth Rodeo, why 1970s photos of Black Rodeos were ignored for so long. And SA Mayor Maury Maverick on 1939 radio.
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Texas Matters: Reining in Delta-8; Mexico's water debt; recovery efforts after the storms in North Texas
Can Texas lawmakers rein in sales of THC hemp products like Delta-8 and 9? The products are largely unregulated and widely sold, even to children. And in the time of growing drought, Mexico’s water debt is becoming a bigger issue along the border.
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Texas Matters: William Hanson, violence, murder and corruption on the Texas Border 1910-1920
A century ago, a one-man wrecking crew on the Texas-Mexico border who inspired hate, violence, corruption and mass murder. The story of William Hanson—a chaos agent in South Texas.
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Texas Matters: Texas takes aim at squatters
Texas Senate holds a hearing to draft new anti-squatter laws. The harmful effects of LED lights for some people and the music boxes of Villa Finale.