Texas Standard For June 20, 2019
The reddest of red states? No more! Texas’ senior Senator John Cornyn ponders his reelection prospects and issues a warning to the GOP. Abby Livingston of The Texas Tribune on her conversation with the Senate’s second-highest-ranking Republican and what it means for Texas politics. And: Summer’s here, but so is a teacher shortage in West Texas. So what happens come September? Also: Facebook bets on a Bitcoin competitor, should you? Tech expert Omar Gallaga weighs in. That and whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:

Texas Standard
Most viewed right now

Ken Paxton’s former employees are ready to settle their whistleblower case – but one still wants his day in court

Why are property taxes so high in Texas?

Fairfield Lake State Park’s possible closure to public ‘unacceptable,’ parks chief says

Commentary: Tom Hoskins and his ‘Thousand Points of Light’

Ice the main driver of local power outages, but many still asking what officials can do to better prepare

Geothermal energy may soon be viable in Texas – because of fracking

Ken Paxton’s former employees are ready to settle their whistleblower case – but one still wants his day in court

Why are property taxes so high in Texas?

Fairfield Lake State Park’s possible closure to public ‘unacceptable,’ parks chief says

Commentary: Tom Hoskins and his ‘Thousand Points of Light’

Ice the main driver of local power outages, but many still asking what officials can do to better prepare
