Texas Matters

David Martin Davies
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Texas Matters Podcast

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.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    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.

    29 min

  2. SEP 6

    Texas Matters: Attorney General Ken Paxton and a pattern of voter suppression

    Are Texans living in a state of voter suppression? We look at a pattern of legal action by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that seek to limit voting. And we see why Texas is one of the toughest states to vote in.

    29 min

  3. AUG 30

    Texas Matters: Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Evading the Texas Abortion Ban

    TPR reporters David Martin Davies and Kayla Padilla spent the year following the passages that many Texans take to obtain an abortion. They documented what happens when they evade the Texas abortion ban.

    29 min

  4. AUG 23

    Texas Matters: Joe Holley and stories from deep in the heart

    The Texas identity is powerful, popular and built on the stories of the Lone Star State. The stories are about small towns and quirky characters who overcome adversity. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Joe Holley has spent a career collecting and writing about the stories of Texas. His latest book is Native Texans Stories from Deep in the Heart.

    29 min

  5. AUG 16

    Texas Matters: Is the TEA merging church and state in Texas classrooms?

    Today on Texas Matters. How Texas public school curriculum could be teaching Christianity. In Texas It will be harder to vote in this presidential election than it was four years ago. And how Arkansans are fighting to put abortion on their ballot.

    29 min

  6. AUG 9

    Texas Matters: Texas secret ballots and uncertified teachers

    How secret is the ballot in Texas? A voter fraud conspiracy advocate says she's cracked the code of the Texas secret ballot. And as the school year starts, will an uncertified teacher be assigned to your child's classroom? A new study shows it could mean a four-month loss of academic progress.

    29 min

  7. AUG 2

    Texas Matters: When Baby Jessica fell down the well

    After 13 years of fighting a lawsuit over Texas’ troubled foster care system, state lawyers are trying to remove the judge from overseeing the case.And do you remember when a little girl fell down a Midland well in 1987? There’s much more to the story.

    29 min

  8. JUL 19

    Texas Matters: The border and Abbott at the RNC

    At the 2024 Republican National Convention Texans, including Governor Greg Abbott, took to the stage to spin a fact-free story about the state of the Texas-Mexico border and illegal immigration that excited the crowd but paints a grim picture if Trump is elected president again.

    29 min
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About

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.

Information

  • Creator
    David Martin Davies
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2024
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Texas Matters

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