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Gina Ortiz Jones maintains lead in crowded race for San Antonio mayor, UTSA poll shows

6 days ago | texasstandard.org | Josh Peck

From Texas Public Radio:Two-time Democratic congressional candidate and former Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones maintained her lead in UTSA’s Center for Public Opinion Research (CPOR) April poll, up from 10% to 13.5% compared to the university’s March poll.
Two names currently make up race to replace Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general

6 days ago | texasstandard.org | Alexandra Hart

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced earlier this month that he is launching a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn for his seat in the U.S. Senate. Now, Texans want to know who will fill Paxton’s place as the highest legal officer of the state. One name garnering a lot of attention is Texas Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Republican from Galveston who announced his bid for attorney general earlier this week.
Today on Texas Standard: Avian flu is spreading across Texas wildlife

6 days ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Friday, April 18, 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. Avian flu is spreading across Texas wildlife A year after Texas dairy cows tested positive for avian flu, the virus has jumped species – infecting birds, humans and now wild animals.
Texas House poised to pass $7.7 billion school funding bill, debates voucher legislation

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Blaise Gainey |Nina Banks |Lucio Vasquez |Michael Minasi

From The Texas Newsroom:The day many watchers of Texas politics have been waiting for is here: The Texas House is currently debating Senate Bill 2 on the floor. If passed, the contentious proposal would create a $1 billion dollar Education Savings Account plan allowing parents to use public funds towards private school tuition. Past attempts to pass the controversial school voucher measure — a top priority for Gov.
Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum spans the life and career of Tejano music legend

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Raul Alonzo

To tour the numerous points of interest dedicated to Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in Corpus Christi would take you all around the city. But there is one particular landmark that fans of the hometown legend can visit if they want to see the full breadth of her career in one location: the Selena Museum. Opened in 1998, three years after the singer’s death, the museum is located in the studios the Quintanilla family has long run, Q Productions.
Today on Texas Standard: WNBA draft sends top pick to Texas

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Wednesday, April 16, 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. What’s the Roosevelt Reservation, and why does it matter now? President Trump has signed an executive order allowing the military to take control of the Roosevelt Reservation, a strip of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border. Why now?
Nvidia plans to make AI chips in Texas

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Shelly Brisbin

A U.S. chipmaker known for designing and supplying the processors behind some of the world’s most powerful AI computers says it will make some of its products in Texas and Arizona. This would seem to be a significant move for California-based Nvidia, since it currently relies primarily on Taiwan-based TSMC to manufacture its chips. The Standard’s Shelly Brisbin says it is widely believed that Nvidia’s announcement is a response to the Trump administration’s tariff threats.
This new Dallas theater has a ‘Big Heart.’ And all its stars are adults with disabilities

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Marcheta Fornoff |Liz Rymarev

From KERA News:Kevin Jackson Jr. weighed less than two pounds when he was born four months early. Twenty-nine years later, his mother Darvetra Parker still calls him a miracle. “He is totally blind,” Parker said. He also has autism. “He is a miracle, and that is even more reason why I’m so proud of him, because he’s very tenacious and he has a very strong will.”But it’s a challenge to find activities for him now that he’s an adult. A new nonprofit is working to fill that gap.
Texas left more children in dangerous homes while cutting services. Tragedy followed.

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Paul Flahive |Gideon Rogers

From Texas Public Radio:This story is part of When Home is the Danger, a multi-part series on how Texas is leaving children in dangerous homes and families without ongoing support or monitoring. In July 2022, Lauralei Crouch searched the Internet for advice on how to report child abuse. Her inquiries were not academic: Prosecutors say Crouch had for weeks been watching her boyfriend pummel his 2-year-old son, Wyatt, slapping and flinging him into tables and door jambs as punishment.
Today on Texas Standard: Why are folks against expanding the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge?

1 week ago | texasstandard.org | Wells Dunbar

Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Tuesday, April 15, 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. How a London gambler took down the Texas LotteryIn 2023, a London banker and bookie put out feelers out for a big job: swindling the Texas Lottery.