Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Tuesday, July 5, 2022. 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 abortion may impact the race for Texas governor
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who claims the state’s 1925 abortion ban, prior to Roe v. Wade, is the law of the land in Texas. It’s the latest sign of how abortion will effect political races in a big election year. Mark Jones, political science professor at the James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy and faculty director of the global affairs program at Rice University, joins with more.
‘We need to be making plans now.’ LGBTQ Texans reconsider their future in the state
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision nullifying the constitutional right to abortion is only the latest worrying sign for LGBTQ families in Texas. And the pressure isn’t letting up: At least one justice favors reversing legal protections for same-sex intimacy and marriage. As KERA’s Bret Jaspers reports, queer families are taking steps to protect themselves.
Who will regulate CO2 injection wells in Texas?
Carbon capture and sequestration will likely play a part in efforts to slow the impacts of global warming. That means there could be a lot more CO2 injection wells dug in the coming decades — especially in Texas. But who will regulate those wells? It’s still an open question. KUT’s Mose...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with a Democratic lawmaker Tuesday during a Senate subcommittee budget hearing, forcefully denying allegations that he drinks excessively on the...