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The outgoing lawmakers have cast doubt on whether their respective primary opponents, Ken Paxton and James Talarico, can win in November. -
The longest-serving director of the state’s alcoholic beverage control division will leave July 1 -
Data centers use water to cool their massive arrays of computer servers. A state agency sent out a survey to figure out how much, but less than a third of the companies responded. -
Poll also reveals deep indecision in gubernatorial and U.S. Senate campaigns -
There is bipartisan agreement that the country is not producing nearly enough sterile flies to combat the flesh-eating parasite, which threatens to wreak havoc on Texas' livestock industry.
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Luke's longtime friend Larry Weishuhn joins in the fun this week, and the topic is old rifle calibers that these two veteran hunters have used through the years. -
With temperatures warming up, it’s around that time where we’ll be seeing more and more insects in our gardens. So what is a gardener to do? This week, we’ll talk about steps you can take to see whether you’ve got a bug problem, and how to prevent an infestation, or to address one once it’s begun! -
Hello. I am Kay Kennedy, from Amarillo, with a message about my summer read for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Cub. Twenty-five years ago, on September 11th, 2001- we all remember where we were when we heard the news- the unbelievable was happening, The United States was being attacked by four coordinated hijacked passenger planes. -
Photographer: G. Frank E. Pearsall (1860-1899), Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m delighted to celebrate the end of the second season of Poets on the Plains and to also celebrate America’s 250th birthday by talking about the 19th century poet Walt Whitman.
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In January, Paigelynne Gonyea posted about the immigration surge in Minneapolis. This week, she was visited by ICE officials who claimed one of her posts had doxxed a federal agent.
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