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Outgoing Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he supports Republican state senators changing the rules to strip powers from his Democratic successor after losing his reelection bid by nearly 600,000 votes. -
A new short documentary examines a program called Play Free, where the Kansas Children's Discovery Center brings children together with incarcerated parents for a day of play, beyond prison walls. -
In addition to claiming the Texas governor's mansion and a U.S. Senate seat, Democrats flipped an entire slate of statewide offices and judicial posts for the first time in decades Tuesday night. Texas elects nearly all of its statewide officials in the midterm cycle, with the exception of some judges and Texas Railroad Commission seats whose terms were staggered. -
There are over 20,000 medium and large-sized concentrated animal feeding operations in the U.S. One family farm in Iowa recently transitioned their industrial hog operation to grow something else: specialty mushrooms. -
Bill filing begins today for a divided Texas Legislature’s 2027 session
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This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a program of American music in advance of Chamber Music Amarillo's upcoming program! -
Learning a bit about overwintering pests can mean a big difference in your garden and yard. After all, knowing that they'll be reproducing, wouldn't it be better to reduce their numbers before they do so, rather than after? Check out this week's episode to learn more! -
Hey, it's deer season nearly everywhere right now, and so a lot of you might be setting up camp and doing some hunting. This week, Luke talks about how to make a quick and easy side dish at your deer camp this season! -
Kathleen HoltFor the past several weeks, the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club has been exploring something that shapes our lives every day, whether we notice it or not: wind and weather. Here on the High Plains, we know something about both.
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Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.
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