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After Illinois' governor condemned the planned deployments as "Trump's invasion" and urged Abbott to resist, the Texas governor said he fully authorized them. -
Several states, including Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, are in moderate to severe drought. Climatologists say it's unlikely to let up soon. -
On the first day of a two-week trial, the plaintiffs' lawyers honed in on who drew the new map and whether race was a factor. -
Rachel Hopkin visits the sumptuous Marland Mansion in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and finds out the story behind its creation. -
Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have presented plans before a federal judge that would open the door again to accepting applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA.
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Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons/Hi, everyone. This is Mildred Rugger from Canyon, Texas, for the 2025 Fall Read of HPPR Radio Readers Book Club. Late Migrations: A Natural History of Loss and Love by Margaret Renkl is about grief, but not exclusively. We often learn about grief indirectly within a broader context. -
Gorgeously illustrated by the author’s brother, Billyl, Renkl offers observations on the world surrounding her suburban Nashville home. Ringing with rapture and heartache, these essays convey the dignity of bluebirds and rat snakes, monarch butterflies and native bees. -
Luke ClaytonIn this week's show, Luke recaps a bear hunt that occurred earlier this week at the Choctaw Hunting Lodge (www.choctawhuntinglodge.com) in southeastern Oklahoma. Luke's good friends Edgar and David Cotton each took a bear with their crossbow from the same ground blind on the same afternoon hunt. Click the blue Listen button above to hear Luke tell all about their hunt! -
This week Classical Music Amarillo plays music by two composers whose works will be featured at the upcoming Chamber Music Amarillo concert!
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