Texas Matters

Steven Pedigo gives us his take in a recent 'New York Times' guest essay titled 'Texas is the future of America.' Pedigo is the founding executive director of the LBJ Urban Lab and a professor of practice at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Last year when Julián Castro declared that he was running for president, few were surprised. But it was clear with the crowded field of candidates it…

Raymondville, Texas, is sometimes known by another name: Prisonville USA. The nickname came after Willacy County, where Raymondville sits, became…

Rodney Reed is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Nov. 20. This Texas death row case is attracting a lot of attention from celebrities and lawmakers…

Texas Matters first hit the airwaves on Texas Public Radio on Sept. 1, 2000. And each week since Yvette Benavides (my creative partner and wife) and I…

Last August at a posh Austin hotel conference room the American Legislative Exchange Council held its annual meeting, and one of the topics tackled was…

How did the family name of a founding father of Texas become synonymous with an independent-minded person?Find out on this episode of "Texas Matters."From…

Julissa Arce graduated at the top of her high school class in San Antonio and went on to succeed in college, before becoming a star of Wall Street. Arce…

Will an ambitious $12 billion project called the Texas Spine protect the Gulf Coast from future hurricane storm surges and who will pay for it? We'll hear…

On this episode of "Texas Matters":A re-examination of a 1985 murder raises questions about the use of blood spatter evidence and how murder convictions…