Texas Matters
Fridays at 12:30 p.m. & Sundays at 9:30 p.m.
Texas is a big state with a growing, diverse population and as the population grows, the issues and challenges facing its residents multiply. Texas Matters is a statewide news program that spends half an hour each week looking at the issues and culture of Texas.
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In partnership with Public Health Watch, TPR is airing "Fumed," an investigative podcast series. It's about Channelview, an unincorporated community outside Houston and in the heart of America’s petrochemical industry. -
Texas Public Radio’s Texas Matters is bringing you part two of an investigative podcast series about Channelview, an unincorporated community outside Houston and in the heart of America’s petrochemical industry. The series is from our partners at Public Health Watch – a nonprofit newsroom, is called Fumed.
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This week on Texas Matters—We are partnering with Public Health Watch to air a special presentation of their podcast “Fumed.” We will hear the stories of people who live in the shadows of America’s chemical plants and oil refineries. We'll also hear about the tale of two stubborn Texans as they try to salvage what’s left of their working-class community in East Harris County.
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Today on Texas Matters—In 2022, 53 migrants were found dead in the back of a trailer. New details about that deadly journey are emerging. Also—David Leonard Wood is being called the 'Desert Killer.' Now he is facing execution. But there are questions about his guilt. -
Today on Texas Matters: As measles continues to spread in Texas, will state leaders learn a lesson about the need for vaccine requirements? And there is more evidence that the Texas abortion ban made childbirth more dangerous. But the state doesn’t want you to know that. -
Today on Texas Matters—Protests are rising up across the country against the Trump/Musk administration. Migrant shelters in Texas are nearly empty. And how important are the arts to the economy of Texas? -
Gov. Abbott is making water an emergency item. Sarah Schlessinger, the CEO of Texas Water Foundation, explains the Texas water problem and what can be done to secure water supplies to Texas' future. -
The song “Life in the West” became popular in the 1840s. The lyrics, written by American poet George Pope Morris, evoke the call of the fertile promised… -
Today on Texas Matters – How the Trump mass deportation anti-immigration crackdown could impact Texas agriculture. We hear from Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller. We also talk to Kathleen Bush-Joseph — a Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, co-author of “With “Shock and Awe,” the Second Trump Term Opens with a Bid to Strongly Reshape Immigration.” -
Today on Texas Matters—Can a progressive agenda pass in the conservative Texas legislature? We hear the legislative plan for the Sierra Club, The AFL-CIO and Move Texas.
