19 episodes
Texas Matters David Martin Davies
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4.2 • 32 Ratings
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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: Inside Attorney General Ken Paxton's pending impeachment
What’s the latest with Attorney General Ken Paxton, his alleged crimes and possible impeachment? What are the charges? What is the impeachment process? Who could be the next Texas Attorney General?
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Texas Matters: Rep. Colin Allred on challenging Ted Cruz for Senate
Roll Call's "Inside Elections" has changed the rating for Sen. Ted Cruz’s re-election bid from "Solid Republican" to "Battleground." Cruz is now seen as vulnerable, and Dallas Democratic Congressman Colin Allred is running to replace him. We hear from Allred about why he thinks Texas voters will pick him and send Cruz packing. Could the fate of Senate control ride on this election?Also, how Texas is getting ready for electric cars.
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Texas Matters: Senator Gutierrez and a legislative update
The Texas legislative session is getting closer to wrapping up. Is there any progress on gun safety, abortion exceptions and making the grid reliable? And the battleground over Texas History is now at Texas State Historical Association. Can the state turn away from the old Lone Star myths and towards the facts of the state’s founding?
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Texas Matters: The doctor who stood up to SB8
He stood up to Gov. Greg Abbott and SB8 when he performed an illegal abortion, and he dared people to sue him — and they did. Dr. Alan Braid tells his story to TPR's David Martin Davies.
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Texas Matters: State Senator Gutierrez on Legislative Session and taking on Senator Ted Cruz
How making illegal voting a felony is part of a Republican campaign to supress voting. And an update on the developments at the Texas legislature from Democrat State Senator Roland Gutierrez and how he is working on gun safety with the families of Uvalde who lost children in the school shooting. Also Gutierrez sizes up running for Senate against Republican Ted Cruz.
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Texas Matters: Ending Countywide Voting and Stifling Renewable Jobs in Texas
On Texas Matters: The assault continues on free and fair elections by the Texas legislature.Many citizen complaints to the Texas Commission on Evironmental Quality could be ignored in the future.And why Texas could be making big bucks in the new green economy but state leaders are holding it back.
Customer Reviews
Texas point of view
Love the Texas point of view. Let’s me know what’s going on and is very informative. I look forward to this every week. This gives more then the one sided views that I usually see which is very refreshing. Love
Country podcast!
This is so country!
Pro Democrat Left Political Views
I’d like to find a review of Texas current events or even politics from an even footing set of views, and this one is not it. It has a clean production quality, and mimics an NPR or publicly funded podcast, which says a lot about those formats as well, regarding the lens from which they see and report on the world in politics.
I wouldn’t censor this, I would say they should not hide there stripes. Left wing media should announce their reporters views and promote their left-ness for what it is so listeners can decide better what they want to hear.