Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Monday, May 29, 2023:
What’s next after the historic impeachment of Ken Paxton
The Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton this weekend. For more on what happens next, we’re joined by the Texas Newsroom’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus.
What will prices at the pump look like this summer?
It’s Memorial Day – the traditional start of the summer travel season. What can drivers expect to pay for gas? Our resident energy expert Matt Smith, lead oil analyst for the Americas at Kpler, joins us with a preview.
Will Greg Abbott nix Texas vehicle inspections?
It’s an annual requirement in Texas: Get your vehicle inspected and renew your registration. Now, a bill that would get rid of one of those steps – vehicle inspections – is sitting on Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. The Standard’s Sean Saldaña reports.
Soldier’s burial was a flashpoint for Mexican American civil rights movement
In the final days of World War II, an American soldier was killed by enemy fire in the Philippines. But Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez reports that it wasn’t Felix Longoria’s death that made national headlines – it was what came a few years later.
A recap of this session of the Texas Legislature
The 88th session of the Texas Legislature adjourns today. What did lawmakers accomplish, what didn’t make the cut, and what are the chances legislators return for a special session? We’re going in-depth in a panel discussion with Sherri Greenberg of UT-Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs and Aaron Torres of The Dallas Morning News.
All this, plus the Texas Newsroom’s state roundup and Wells Dunbar with the Talk of Texas.
