Sarah Asch

3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Sarah Asch

In the heat of summer 1998 in Austin, a 16-year-old boy is coming into his own at a boxing gym. He’s under the tutelage of a Haitian-born ex-fighter. Then, one night, the boy vanishes. This is the story that underpins “The Slip,” a new novel out this week by Austin-based author Lucas Schaefer. The novel begins more than a decade after the boy’s disappearance when his Uncle Bob receives a disorienting tip, propelling a new investigation. The book is chock full of other characters too.

3 weeks ago | kut.org | Sarah Asch

Logan Garza arrived in Texarkana in early 2022 when she was transferred to the Bowie County Women’s Center. The center helps people completing court-mandated rehab – and Garza was moved there because after she started a jail sentence in another part of the state, she discovered she was pregnant. Garza says realizing she was going to be a mom was a wake-up call. “I had a really bad lifestyle. I was just in and out of jail all the time,” she said.

1 month ago | dentonrc.com | Sarah Asch

Unless you happened to visit the Texas Capitol over the weekend, you may not fully appreciate just how busy things are right now with the regular legislative session set to wrap up a week from today. Senate committees heard testimony on Sunday on several bills getting last-minute action in the waning days of the 89th session.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sarah Asch

Share The Texas border is often a talking point in state and national politics. But what do the politicians who live there have to say about it? As part of Texas Standard’s 10 birthday year , our team broadcast a live show from the University of Texas at El Paso and invited two prominent El Pasoans to talk about how the city is perceived and what is happening locally.

1 month ago | dentonrc.com | Sarah Asch

The legislative session ends in about three weeks, and there is an avalanche of potential legislation yet to be passed by lawmakers. A measure just passed by the Senate exposes anyone who manufactures, distributes, mails, prescribes or provides an abortion-inducing drug to lawsuits of up to $100,000, The Texas Tribune reports. It also expands the wrongful death statute to encourage family members, like men who believe their partner had an abortion, to sue up to six years after the event.