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Texas Monthly is known for its incisive coverage of our state. From culture to politics, the magazine has chronicled our stories for fifty years. We talk with Editor-In-Chief Dan Goodgame to hear more about what it takes to be a Texas icon.
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All seven astronauts on board died, including two who had ties to Texas Tech University.
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Texans pay some of the highest property taxes in the country, and listeners have a lot of thoughts about how that could be addressed. One unconventional idea we’ve heard: offsetting homeowners’ tax bills with revenue from legal weed. So, could that actually work?
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This legislative session, public radio stations across Texas want to answer your wonkiest, weirdest and wildest questions about property taxes in the state. What questions do you have? We want to find the answers for you.
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“What we learned is that for Willie, family is obviously blood relatives. It’s his band. It’s his fans. Family is the record buying public. Family is people who come to concerts. Family is something that he does so naturally. And this is part of his magic,” co-director Oren Moverman says.
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State Rep. James Talarico, D-Round Rock, said his bill would be the largest salary increase for teachers in the state’s history. “That's the kind of bold action this moment requires. And we can do this,” Talarico said.
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Bills range from prohibiting insurance companies from covering gender-affirming care to revoking the license of a doctor who performs a gender-affirming surgery on a minor.
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Sex education, contraception and reproductive healthcare are hard to access for rural Texans. The Texas Tribune recently highlighted this issue in a series reported out of Deep East Texas.
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Preliminary data from the National Park Service show Big Bend National Park saw an 11% drop in visitors last year, a slowdown from a record-high year in 2021.
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Historically, in sessions after a mass shooting in Texas, bills seeking to restrict guns have gone nowhere.