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Wells Dunbar

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Social Media Editor and Producer at Texas Standard

Talking tweets for @TexasStandard, heard on @NPR. @KUT is the label that pays me. Ex-@AustinChronicle. Weird music & movies, weirder news & politics. He/him/dad

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  • Today on Texas Standard: The 89th Legislature is over - and so are lawmakers’ hopes for these bills

    3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

    Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Friday, June 6, 2025. Listen on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Tracking the measles outbreak in far West TexasThe ongoing measles outbreak that began in a Mennonite community with low vaccination rates has made national headlines. So where do things stand now, and how far has the outbreak spread?

  • Today on Texas Standard: Texas moves to ban lab-grown meat

    3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

    Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Listen on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. San Antonio’s mayoral runoff election is this weekendVoters will choose the next mayor of San Antonio on Saturday, June 7 in a runoff election.

  • Today on Texas Standard: Houston startup eyes two-hour flights across the Pacific

    3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

    Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Listen on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. The 89th Texas legislative session wraps with major bills passedAfter 140 days, lawmakers have passed thousands of bills, including measures on school vouchers, public school funding and a THC ban. Many now await Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature.

  • Today on Texas Standard: Corpus Christi’s water future looks uncertain as Tesla builds nearby refinery

    1 month ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

    Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Listen on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Texas could soon require Ten Commandments in every classroomThe House passed a bill mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms. If the Senate signs off, Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to make it law.

  • Today on Texas Standard: After outages last year, CenterPoint promises a better tracker

    1 month ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

    Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Monday, May 26, 2025. Listen on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. The clock’s ticking at the Texas CapitolWith sine die looming June 2, lawmakers are hustling to wrap up the legislative session. But can they finish on time and still push through their priorities?

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