After mass shootings in El Paso and here in the Permian Basin, politicians on the left and the right are talking about beefing up background checks and more. But something else may be shifting: Texans’ relationship to firearms. And: Texas Rep. Brooks Landgraf helps us explore the growing political footprint of this region. It’s West Texas untapped, as we come to you live from the Petroleum Museum in Midland:
Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT
Here are the stories on today’s special broadcast from Midland:
After Two Mass Shootings, What Does The Gun Debate Look Like In West Texas?
A More Predictable Boom-Bust Cycle Gives Permian Basin Cities Room To Plan For The Future
Brooks Landgraf Is Taking Mass Violence Prevention To The People
Why Texas Embraced Its Western Myth
What Elvis Presley Owed West Texas
In The Permian, Economic Growth Is Solid, But Subject To External Pressures
©2024 Texas Standard. A service of the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin | Contact us
