Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Monday, May 8, 2023:
What we know about the mass shooting in Allen
A gunman killed at least eight people, including children, at a mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday. The attacker injured at least seven others before a police officer killed him. Katherine Hobbs with KERA North Texas shares what we know about the victims and what’s next.
Austin approved citizen oversight of police. What’s next?
Texans voted in local elections this weekend. In Austin, voters chose between two propositions with very similar wording, but very different impacts on the city’s police oversight system. KUT reporter Andrew Weber joins us to talk about the results.
San Antonio’s voters throw the book at the ‘Justice Charter’
San Antonio’s Prop A, dubbed the Justice Charter, was resoundingly defeated Saturday. It sought to decriminalize abortion and low-level marijuana possession, among other reforms. The city argued much of it would be unenforceable. Texas Public Radio reporter Josh Peck joins us with more.
El Paso’s ‘Climate Charter’ goes up in flames
In El Paso, another progressive proposition suffered a similarly lopsided defeat. Prop K, aka the Climate Charter, would have transitioned the city away from fossil fuels. El Paso Matters reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyer tells us how the vote went down.
Latino leaders hope Fort Hood’s new name also helps reform the base’s culture
The sprawling Central Texas Army base known as Fort Hood is being renamed Fort Cavazos. The new name honors Richard E. Cavazos, the Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. But Hispanic and Latino civil rights leaders say the base also needs to promote equality and safety. Texas Public Radio’s Carson Frame reports for the American Homefront Project.
Will Texas lawmakers address the state’s water issues?
Texas loses billions of gallons of water every year to broken pipes and leaks, and has already issued thousands of boil water notices this year. Will Texas lawmakers move to improve the state’s patchwork of local water systems this session? Texas Tribune reporter Jayme Lozano Carver joins us with more.
The word “lice” strikes fear in the hearts of most parents. But to “lice ninja” and delousing expert Cody Bradstreet, they’re just a fact of life.
Residents of historically Black Gilbert-Emory neighborhood watch as their community disappears
Longtime residents of the West Dallas neighborhood known as Gilbert-Emory say they are losing their identity as a historically Black neighborhood. The rapid sweep of gentrification there has already wiped away many old homes in the once-red-lined district. For KERA and The Dallas Morning News, Dianne Solis reports.
Is UT’s new Civitas Institute there to offer ‘intellectual diversity?’
The University of Texas at Austin is opening a new School of Civic Leadership to instruct students on what it calls “the values and principles of a free society.” Austin American-Statesman reporter Megan Menchaca joins us with the latest on the college and its controversial plans for the Civitas Institute.
All this, plus the Texas Newsroom’s state roundup and Wells Dunbar with the Talk of Texas.
