Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Friday, April 11, 2025:
Texas House passes $337 billion budget plan
The Texas House has approved its version of the state’s two-year budget. Senate Bill 1’s passage comes just over two weeks since the upper chamber passed their budget plan. Blaise Gainey of The Texas Newsroom has the details.
Valley bakery raid sparks immigration debate in region swept by Trump
Two legal permanent residents and business owners in Los Fresnos were arrested for allegedly harboring undocumented immigrants. Their detention has stirred tensions in a region where Trump won re-election handily.
Associated Press reporter Valerie Gonzalez joins the show with more.
Texas Senate moves to streamline evictions for nonpayment
Senate Bill 38, aimed at making it easier for landlords to evict tenants who don’t pay rent, has passed its third reading in the Texas Senate and now heads to the House. Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider has more:
Dallas dubbed ‘Y’all Street’ as new stock exchanges set up shop
Since last summer, three separate organizations have announced plans to open stock exchanges in Dallas. UT San Antonio economist Bulent Temel joins us to explain what the rise of “Y’all Street” means for Texas’ financial future.
Five years after COVID, how have high school sports changed?
From Friday night lights to swim meets and tennis matches, student athletics were hit hard by the pandemic shutdowns. Now, five years later, some of those changes are still felt on and off the field.
Greg Riddle, high school sports reporter for The Dallas Morning News, joins the Standard with what’s changed – and what’s stayed the same.
One job loss, one big impact: the story of Flower Garden Banks
Amid widespread federal layoffs, some effects are easier to grasp at the individual level. Sepp Haukebo, chair of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary advisory council, shares how one firing is rippling through the Gulf Coast’s marine research efforts.
Celebrating National Poetry Month with your poems about Texas
Listener Becky Jackson shares a poem with us. Here’s how you can submit your own!
The gang delivers another custom poem. Reach out to Texas Standard with your topic suggestions!
The Texas Tribune’s Jasper Scherer joins the Standard with a recap of the week that was in Texas politics.
All this, plus Alexandra Hart with the Texas Newsroom’s state roundup and Wells Dunbar with the Talk of Texas.
