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Texas Take
Go behind the headlines for a look at what's really going on at the Texas Capitol and in Washington with the state's #1 political podcast: Texas Take. Join the conversation featuring Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News political writer Jeremy Wallace.
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Texas TakeAd Wars
The statewide combatants for Governor of Texas are now blistering each other in television ads about the economy, guns, and more. What's really resonating with…
Texas TakeThrowdown in The Valley
This week: A special episode focusing on the one and only scheduled debate between Beto O'Rourke and Greg Abbott. Join the conversation with Scott Braddock…
Texas TakeDidn't They Fix Property Taxes in Texas? Stop Laughing.
Year after year, Texas Republicans have promised to "fix" property taxes. But with those tax bills rising, Democrats are calling them out for it as suburban…
Texas TakeA Helping Hand or Political Theater?
We're back. Gov. Greg Abbott has the attention of national Democrats now with his migrant busing stunt. Plus, he achieved something that's become pretty…
Texas TakeIt Should Keep You Up At Night
Parents of victims of the Uvalde massacre traveled to Austin this week to demand that Gov. Abbott take action on new gun laws. But Abbott says raising the…
Texas TakeHaving Second Thoughts?
Across Texas, most GOP statewide candidates including Gov. Abbott seem to have gone quiet on the issue of abortion while Democrats have launched an all out air…
Texas TakeWomen Are Angry
From abortion rights to gun violence, women in Texas who might otherwise vote for Republicans are angry about a host of issues and saying they cannot support…
Texas TakeIt's Not About the F-Bomb
Uvalde tops the show once again after Beto O'Rourke dropped the f-bomb responding to a heckler who laughed as the Democrat was talking about the massacre of…
Texas TakeTalkin' Right Past Each Other
It's August and Republicans and Democrats are talking past each other on too many issues to count: Abortion, the electricity grid, immigration, and more. Plus…
Texas TakeCalls for New Gun Laws Falling on Deaf Ears in Texas
Leaders in Uvalde are getting the brush off from Gov. Greg Abbott as they call for changes to gun laws in this state. Plus, the push for school vouchers heats…
Texas TakeKeri Blakinger: She Was a Prisoner, Now She Reports on Prisons
Howdy Texas Take listeners, please enjoy this bonus episode by Lisa Gray and her team at City Cast Houston. This episode was originally published June 6, 2022…
Texas TakeWhere is Gov. Abbott?
As the campaigns and the summer heat up, Gov. Greg Abbott faces accusations of abandoning the people in Uvalde following the worst school shooting in Texas…
Texas TakeA Tight Governor's Race? Well, It's Only July
We now have several polls showing a tightening race for governor between Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke. But what the polls say about Texans' attitudes across a…
Texas TakeOh, There's Always More They Can Do
If anyone thought the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade was the last word in the abortion fight, they were very wrong. Texas lawmakers are already…
Texas TakeRoe Falls as The Texas GOP Turns on Its Elder Statesman
Breaking news on Friday as the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade and Texas abortion clinics halted services. Plus, Sen. John Cornyn is nearly booed off…
Texas TakeIndecision and Delay
About a month after the Uvalde massacre, both the cops and politicians are under heavy scrutiny for their indecision and delay in reacting on the day of the…
Texas TakeThe Fear It Will Happen Again and That Nothing Will Change
As politicians with the biggest platforms debate gun policy in Texas and America, the smallest voices can be heard now saying they're afraid to even go back to…
Texas TakeDistractions, Investigations, and Accusations of a Coverup
Day after day, new information emerges about the massacre in Uvalde and much of it completely contradicts what had previously been understood about the…
Texas TakeHow Could Anyone Shoot Those Kids? How Could You Do Nothing About It?
Grief and agony after 19 children and 2 teachers were gunned down in Uvalde, Texas, sending shockwaves around this nation and the world. Gov. Greg Abbott and…
Texas TakeSure, We Can Keep the Lights On. But What About Air Conditioners?
Another electricity grid scare in Texas as the Abbott Administration plays a potentially deadly game of hide-the-ball with energy conservation requests in May…
Texas TakeIf You Like Your Public School, You Can Keep Your Public School
Gov. Greg Abbott this week went further than any Texas governor ever has in promoting a school voucher program, potentially upending the state's politics…
Texas TakeThe Fall of Roe?
Abortion rights are front and center once again in Texas as it appears the United States Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade decision…
Texas TakeThe Only Covid Restriction Republicans Support
As Gov. Greg Abbott ramps up "border security" spending even more, there are growing questions about the increasing number of military deaths along the Rio…
Texas TakeCutting Off Our Nose to Spite Our Face
Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke traded jabs this week in the race for governor over Abbott's shutdown of the Texas-Mexico border. Plus, a right-wing…
Texas TakeAbbott’s Border “Stunt”
Gov. Greg Abbott this week announced he'd be busing migrants from the Texas border to Washington, DC. But later his office let us all know it would be on a…
Texas Take"Midland not Moscow" but maybe renewable energy is okay, too
After trashing renewable energy during last year's deadly winter storm, Gov. Greg Abbott this week did something of an about face on the value of renewable…
Texas Take"Jackassery"
Sen. Ted Cruz sought the spotlight during the confirmation hearings for President Biden's pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Katanji Brown Jackson. Plus, we…
Texas TakeCompletely Detached from Reality
Gov. Greg Abbott continues to slam President Joe Biden over the deadly flow of fentanyl across the border even though, as Jeremy notes, both the feds and the…
Texas TakeOn To the Runoffs
The Texas primary is in the books and the GOP candidates for Attorney General are already arguing over which one of them should get a show of love from former…
Texas TakeIt's Do or Die Time in the Texas Primary
As the clock ticks down to March 1 and early voting wraps up, top Texas Republicans broke with ex-President Trump this week when he praised Russian President…
Texas TakeWith Voting Underway in Texas, More Confusion About How to Do It
Just two days before a key deadline, Texas Secretary of State John Scott attempted to clear up confusion about how to apply for a mail-in ballot while Lt. Gov…
Texas TakeTexans Start Voting Now
Early voting has begun in the election of consequence in Texas: The primary. Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Ag Commissioner Sid Miller all…
Texas TakeThe Storm Passes
The latest ice storm in Texas, almost nothing like the one that was so devastating last year, has mostly passed but not without causing a panic across the…
Texas TakeThe Trump Show Returns to Texas
Former President Trump is slated to return to Houston this weekend as a war rages within the Texas GOP over his endorsement of Gov. Greg Abbott. Plus, Beto…
Texas TakeA School Voucher Fight? Don't Get Scared Now.
As he courts GOP primary voters and makes good on promises to contributors, Gov. Greg Abbott has to carefully maintain that he's pro-public education in Texas…
Texas TakeTexas Primaries in Full Swing
With the March primary coming up faster than you think, candidates for statewide office are crisscrossing Texas making their pitch to voters. The Republicans…
Texas TakeSen. Cruz Stands Against Domestic Terrorists Until He Doesn't
2022 in Texas politics starts with GOP politicians going out of their way not to speak too harshly about the January 6th insurrection. That includes Sen. Ted…
Texas Take'The Texas Model' Has a Whole New Meaning
Now that the Supreme Court has let stand a six-week abortion ban in Texas enforced by civil lawsuits, Democratic states want to crack down on guns using a…
Texas TakeIt's Put Up or Shut Up Time
With the filing deadline approaching Monday, this is when the rubber meets the road for anyone who wants to run for office in Texas. Plus, the state is in…
Texas TakeAbbott Guarantees the Texas Electricity Grid Won't Collapse
As Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke ramps up his attacks on Gov. Greg Abbott over the failure of the Texas electricity grid earlier this year, the Republican…
Texas TakeY'all Happy Now? There's Finally a Democrat Running for Texas Governor
After months of anticipation among Texas Democrats, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke this week announced his candidacy for governor against Gov. Greg Abbott. Plus…
Texas TakeThe Far Right Starts to Turn on Ken Paxton
The Texas Attorney General's race got a jolt this week as archconservative Congressman Louie Gohmert announced he's considering running against Trump-endorsed…
Texas TakeThe United States Vs Texas
From abortion to election laws, Texas and the United States are locking horns in court. Plus, retirements abound in the Texas Legislature just as the campaign…
Texas TakePolitically Lost in Translation
Why are Texas Republicans, including Gov. Abbott, embracing a chant that goes "Let's go Brandon"? Well, the answer actually informs just about everything…
Texas TakeIt is Mercifully Over. Now What?
Gov. Abbott racked up wins and losses in the finally-concluded special legislative session, including a big loss on vaccine mandates. Plus the new Texas…
Texas TakeThe Consequences of Our Actions
Amid a flurry of issues in Texas politics as another special session careens toward its end, we thought it would be good to slow down a little and talk about…
Texas TakeThoughts, Prayers, and Good Luck
Even when a school shooting dominates national headlines after every parent's nightmare unfolded at a high school in North Texas, it only gets a passing…
Texas TakeIt's Never Enough for Trump
Gov. Abbott finds himself between Trump and a hard place as he tries to placate the former president with elections audits and stiffer penalties for illegal…
Texas TakeAin't Nobody Happy About the Border
Both President Biden and Gov. Abbott are under fire from members of their own political parties over the crisis at the Texas-Mexico border. Plus, former…
Texas TakeThe Outlines of Campaign Season
There's still at least one more special session of the Texas Legislature starting Monday, but we are already seeing the outlines of what campaign season in…
Texas TakeRoe vs ...Who Knows?
Roe vs ...Who Knows? Under Texas' new 6 week abortion ban, enforcement will not be up to District Attorneys like it was decades ago when Dallas DA Henry Wade…
Texas TakeDon't Say That
After the Democratic quorum break and months of public fighting over the elections bill, it finally came to a head on the Texas House floor this week. Right…
Texas TakeGov. Abbott Gets Covid While Fighting School Districts for Fighting Covid
Gov. Greg Abbott this week announced he has tested positive for coronavirus just as he ramps up his fight against independent schools districts to prevent them…
Texas TakeOpen Revolt in Texas
It has been a week of open defiance to Gov. Greg Abbott's orders banning cities, counties, and school districts from mandating masks and taking other…
Texas TakeGet Out of the Way
Republicans wish Texas House Democrats would get out of the way and stop blocking an agenda from moving forward in Austin while President Biden wants Gov. Greg…
Texas TakeMasks, Voting Rights, The Border, and More
Even with covid cases on the rise in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott is attempting to keep extra health measures from being implemented while he instead focuses on…
Texas TakeCovid Cases Rising, Complicating Things for Texas House Democrats and Gov. Abbott
The Texas House Democrats in Washington breaking quorum to stop elections legislation had their plans complicated by positive covid tests this past week…
Texas TakeStalemate
Stalemate On this special edition of the show, Scott reports from Washington on the latest in the standoff between Texas House Democrats who fled the state to…
Texas TakeMiller Lite and Voting Rights
On this special edition of the show, Scott updates you on the developing story of Texas Democrats breaking quorum to try to block elections legislation from…
Texas TakeBring It. The Special Session Starts Now.
Texas lawmakers will convene in Austin again this week after Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled a lengthy list of mostly red meat topics for them to address in the…