Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Tuesday, March 11, 2025:
Texas’ comptroller is leaving to run A&M, opening up a statewide seat
Texas Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick and former GOP state Sen. Don Huffines are both running for comptroller after Glenn Hegar was named chancellor of Texas A&M. It’s a rare opening in a statewide office that’s been stable for a decade.
The Texas Tribune’s Jasper Scherer joins the Standard with more.
How border businesses are reacting to Trump tariffs
Texas companies relying on cross-border trade with Mexico are breathing a sigh of relief after President Trump delayed steep tariffs — but only until April 2.
Jerry Pacheco, president of the Border Industrial Association, joins the Standard to explain what’s at stake for Texas businesses.
Did a jailhouse snitch falsely testify in this death row case?
David Wood is set to be put to death March 13 for the killing of six women in the El Paso area in the 1980s. He became known in the press as the “Desert Killer” – but did he kill anyone?
As Maurice Chammah reports for The Marshall Project, his conviction came in part due to jailhouse snitch testimony, which there may be reason to doubt. Chammah joins the Standard with more:
One of the world’s biggest festivals is back, filling the Texas capital with artists, musicians and filmmakers hoping to make a splash.
Deidre Gott from KUTX joins the Standard with a South by Southwest Music preview and tips on artists to catch.
Inside the Austin Lighthouse for the Blind
The Austin Lighthouse for the Blind is a nonprofit group employing over 400 Texans – of which approximately 200 are legally blind. Learn more about the work the group does.
Play celebrates Henry Box Brown’s amazing journey to freedom
Henry Box Brown escaped slavery in the 1800s by mailing himself in a wooden crate to freedom. His remarkable journey is the subject of a new production at Dallas’ Undermain Theatre.
Arts reporter Marcheta Fornoff shares how this story is coming to life on stage.
Housing fight stretches across Texas
A South Texas housing finance corporation wants to buy buildings 300 miles away, in Central Texas’ Williamson County — but local officials are suing to block the deal, claiming it exploits a loophole that will deprive them of property taxes.
KUT’s Kailey Hunt joins the Standard to break it down.
All this, plus Alexandra Hart with the Texas Newsroom’s state roundup and Wells Dunbar with the Talk of Texas.
