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Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Dallas-area businessman Don Huffines served in the Texas Senate from 2015 to 2019 before he was ousted by a Democratic challenger. Now he’s coming out against Gov. Greg Abbott, accusing state leadership of not being tough enough on the border, election security or property taxes. For more insight on this gubernatorial challenge from the right, we’re joined by Mark Jones, political science professor at Rice University.
The Texas Department of State Health Services says more than 50% Texans over the age of 16 have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But with another half of Texans still to go, demand has dropped dramatically. We know from earlier polls that about a third of Texans were likely to refuse the vaccine. So what about that other 20% or so? The Texas Standard’s Laura Rice spoke to one community organizer who has shifted her business model to hel
It s Day 3 of the brutal Winter Storms hitting the Greater Houston area.
The arctic blast is nearing its end, but we re not out of the woods weather-wise yet. Temperatures have been ticking up today, but will fall to freezing levels again tonight in some areas.
On top of that, the massive power outage continues. And today, a boil water notice was announced for the City of Houston and much of Harris County. You should assume you are under a boil water notice unless you’ve heard differently from your local authorities.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and officials from the County and State level join us with updates and life-saving tips, along with Houston Public Media reporters.
UH Poll Finds Racial Disparity In Social Justice Concerns Among Harris County Residents
The report suggests a stark contrast among race, gender and age, though the largest disparity can be found among partisanship.
February 12, 2021, 11:37 AM
People marched from Emancipation Park on May 30, 2020 to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Black Harris County residents are more likely to consider police violence as a major concern when compared white and Latino residents, according to a new poll from the University of Houston.
The poll, conducted by the UH Hobby School of Public Affairs, found that white residents are more likely to consider infrastructure, taxes, and education among their top concerns, while the top concerns for Latino residents include failing public schools, the city s homeless population, and lack of access to health care.
Texas bill would strengthen rules for certain chemical companies Chron 2/2/2021
Chemical tanks like these are seen all around Houston.
A bill filed by a Dallas-area senator would ramp up regulations for certain chemical companies that use above-ground storage tanks.
A trip out Texas Highway 225 reveals countless above-ground tanks. They re also scattered throughout the Greater Houston area.
The state demands that tanks buried underground are regulated and protected from floods, like we see here in Houston quite often. But these above-ground storage tanks are relatively unregulated, Houston Public Media s Katie Watkins reports.
Democrat Sen. Nathan Johnson s SB 126 seeks to require more stringent building regulations for above-ground storage tanks in flood-prone areas. State Rep. Mary Ann Perez, a Democrat representing Pasadena, filed an identical bill in the House of Representatives.