Texas Matters

David Martin Davies

Texas is a big state with a growing, diverse population and as the population grows, the issues and challenges facing its residents multiply. Texas Matters is a statewide news program that spends half an hour each week looking at the issues and culture of Texas.

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October 30 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Gina Hinojosa's final pitch. And why political texting is increasing
This week on Texas Matters: Democratic candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa,…
October 23 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Is Elon Musk on the ballot? How Abbott's data center pause failed. Who will certify the elections?
This week on Texas Matters: Elon Musk is pumping about $200 million into the…
October 11 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Blood Work — Inside America’s plasma-for-cash economy
As a growing number of people are caught in the affordability crisis, they are…
October 2 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle and a Texas anthropologist receives a 'genius grant'
This week on Texas Matters: President Trump makes a Texas campaign stop in…
September 25 · 28 min
Texas Matters: Music from behind the walls of Texas prisons
This week on Texas Matters — forgotten songs from Texas prisons. Heartfelt…
September 18 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Dems surge in polling, the high cost of diesel and how the indictments of noncitizen voters could impact the election
Today on Texas Matters: New polling in Texas shows that the coming election…
September 11 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Ectopic pregnancy deaths rise, maternal mortality report delayed and ICE at polling places
This week on Texas Matters: Ectopic pregnancy deaths are increasing in Texas.…
September 5 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Rep. Goodwin on Texas voter suppression and how the petrochemical industry burdens Gulf Coast cities
This week on Texas Matters: Will it be harder to vote in Texas in the coming…
August 28 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Why so many Texas schools are closing and the new 'right to repair' in Texas
This week on Texas Matters: Why are so many Texas public school campuses…
August 21 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Ken Paxton corruption questions and Texas transmission lines
This week on Texas Matters: Is the Republican nominee for Senate, Texas…
August 14 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Home insurance costs skyrocket and Texas juvenile justice problems persist
Texas home insurance costs are skyrocketing and becoming a barrier for housing…
August 7 · 29 min
Texas Matters: The politics of data centers
This week on Texas Matters— How data centers have become a hot-button issue…
July 31 · 29 min
Former Austin Mayor Steve Adler reflects on the capital city's explosive growth, homelessness and threats to democracy
During his time as mayor of Austin from 2015 through 2023, the capital city…
July 10 · 29 min
Texas Matters: 'After the Flood' Episode 3 — Investigating the Camp Mystic deaths
Nearly a year after the July 4, 2025, floods in the Texas Hill Country, the…
July 2 · 29 min
Texas Matters: 'After The Flood' — Part 2
It has been one year since the tragic flash flood on the upper Guadalupe River…
June 26 · 29 min
Texas Matters: 'After the Flood' tells the story of the deadly 2025 Hill Country floods
The Texas Newsroom and FRONTLINE (PBS) are collaborating on a new five-part…
June 13 · 29 min
Texas Matters: TX Ag Commissioner Sid Miller blasts screwworm response and why Texas isn't producing more oil
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says the screwworm will continue to…
June 5 · 29 min
Texas Matters: Canadian mother says Dilley ICE detention center is a 'prison,' not a family facility
The ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, is again at the center of a national…
May 29 · 29 min
James Talarico and the race for U.S. Senate
This week on Texas Matters we hear from the Democratic nominee for Senate —…
May 15 · 29 min
Texas Matters: SB4 is blocked, and West Texas border wall moves forward
This week on Texas Matters: Sections of SB4 are blocked — which would have…

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