If Tornillo Detention Facility Closes, What Happens Next?
From Texas Standard : The border, the wall, the immigration issue – they're all front and center right now in Washington, as they have been almost every day of 2018.
View ArticleWhere Do Tornadoes Get Their Start? Maybe It's Not All About The Funnel Cloud.
From Texas Standard : Where do tornadoes come from? It's not a riddle or a trick question, although the answer may seem obvious: the sky, right? Evidently, that's not the case.
View ArticleVictoria Advocate And Calhoun Port Authority At Odds Over Agency's Alleged...
The Calhoun Port Authority has spent $360,000 in taxpayer money to defend itself against a lawsuit filed by the Victoria Advocate newspaper. The suit alleges the authority violated open-meetings rules...
View ArticleZombie Deer Disease: It's A Catchy Name That Doesn't Tell The Whole Story
From Texas Standard : Ever heard of bartonella henselae? It’s the bacteria behind an illness you’re probably more familiar with – cat scratch fever. What about this one: bovine spongiform...
View ArticleTo Meet The Needs Of A Booming Industry, UT Will Offer A Game Development And...
From Texas Standard: The total market value of the video-gaming industry reached almost $135 billion in 2018, and with that growth has come an increased demand for game developers. In hopes some of its...
View ArticleNew Policy Recommendations Aim To Reduce Child Poverty By Half, Within 10 Years
From Texas Standard : In the United States, over 10 million children live below the federal poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It's the lowest child poverty rate in decades, but...
View ArticleWhy Some Democrats Are Starting To Reclaim The Term 'Socialism'
From Texas Standard : The term "socialism" seems to be an early front-runner for the top buzzword of the 2020 election season. Democrats and Republicans have been using the word a lot lately, but what...
View ArticleIs CBD Legal In Texas? Edinburg's City Attorney Wants Ken Paxton To Weigh In.
From Texas Standard : Cannabidiol products – better known as CBD – are fairly new to Texas. They usually come in the form of oils, drinks or snacks containing the nonpsychoactive chemical compound...
View ArticleWith State Park Pool Closed, Balmorhea Is In For A Long, Hot Summer
From Texas Standard . Summer is coming. The kids are about to get out of school, and that means trips to the pool. In Texas, there is one pool that stands above the rest – the pool at Balmorhea State...
View ArticleHouston And Golden State Face Off In A Matchup Some Say Is Bigger Than The...
From Texas Standard . Last week, one writer described the hysteria and and hype in Houston right now as on a scale somewhere between anticipation for the Super Bowl and the new Avengers movie. So to...
View ArticleTwo Death Row Inmates Question Texas’ Use Of Hypnosis In Criminal Cases
From Texas Standard . Some people are convinced that hypnosis is real: they’ve seen it done, they’ve experienced being hypnotized. But is it science? Is it so reliable that we should be able to use it...
View ArticleTornadoes Emit Mysterious Inaudible Sounds – And That Could Be The Trick To...
From Texas Standard . Tornadoes have an unmistakable sound – but scientists are learning that the tornado also makes other sounds that you can’t hear . That’s what has seized the interest of Brian...
View ArticleBeaver Vs. Alligator: Buc-ees Goes To Court To Defend Its Iconic Logo
From Texas Standard . In Lawrence Wright’s new book “ God Save Texas,” he begins his ode to the Lone Star State with a place that may be among the most Texan of all retailers – Buc-ees. That little...
View ArticleIn Their Own Words: San Antonio Students Recall How They Walked Out On School...
From Texas Standard . On October 2, 1989, the Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state’s school finance system was unequal. The case was Edgewood ISD versus Kirby , pitting San Antonio’s...
View ArticleRare Weather Phenomenon Creates A Fiery Cloud In The Panhandle
From Texas Standard . As everyone in the Panhandle knows, it’s wildfire season. Just southeast of Amarillo in Armstrong County, a blaze called the Mallard Fire has consumed over 75,000 acres. It’s...
View Article‘I Just Kept On And On And On’: 53-Year-Old Rafael Palmeiro Returns To Baseball
From Texas Standard . For 20 years, Rafael Palmeiro terrorized major league pitchers. The hard-hitting left-hander from Miami by way of Cuba is one of only six players to record over 3,000 hits and 500...
View ArticleAs Drought Spreads Across Texas, Ranchers Are Forced To Liquidate Their Stock
From Texas Standard . More than 40 percent of Texas is in some stage of drought right now, according to the latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor . Some parts of the state are especially dry, like...
View ArticleIllinois Ratifies The Equal Rights Amendment – 36 Years After The Deadline
From Texas Standard . Last week, the Illinois State Legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment , an addition to the U.S. Constitution that would provide protection from discrimination based on sex.
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling Could Pave The Way For Voter Roll Purges In Texas
From Texas Standard . The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 on Monday that it was OK for Ohio to remove people from voter registration rolls if those voters skip a few elections and then fail to respond...
View ArticleEnergy Historian Says Texas A&M Will Bring Fresh Eyes To Los Alamos National Lab
From Texas Standard . Before sunrise on July 16, 1945, a bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert. It was a new weapon so powerful that at the time it almost seemed like science fiction – the atomic...
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