Howdy y’all, Wells here. What’s going on out there?
How about the latest volleys in the fight against a Big Bend border wall, continued pushback against data center growth in Texas, and a new statewide ban on hemp products, for starters? (Alas, remember when summers used to be a quiet time for news? Me neither.)
We’ve got those stories and lots more in today’s newsletter. Plus, with summer racing toward an end, we’re thinking about the return to school — and the teachers that are already putting in those in-service hours. What’s your message to the public school teachers of Texas — a bit of advice, thanks, perspective or something else? We want to hear it. Go to texasstandard.org/talk and leave me a voice message I can share on air.
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Gov. Greg Abbott pauses new data centers until energy, water usage audit is completed |
New data centers won’t be able to join the Texas power grid until state regulators complete a review of their energy and water usage.
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| Celebrated borderland writer and poet Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies |
Award-winning borderland author, poet and painter Benjamin Alire Sáenz died at 71. He was a literary giant, proud of his humble beginning.
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| Following ban, Texas hemp reps sue state for violating commerce protections |
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ICE never stopped chasing people in cars in the Rio Grande Valley |
Immigration agents sped after a vehicle through a residential neighborhood on the same day of the agency’s traffic stop pause, reportedly endangering a mother and son — before pulling a gun on and briefly handcuffing a U.S. citizen.
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SPOTLIGHT ON: SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY |
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The Talk of Texas is running down the state’s entire 254 counties – Anderson to Zavala – with points of interest pulled from the Texas Standard archives.
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Contraband coffins: San Augustine County once sat along a busy smuggling route through the Sabine River country, where traders dodged Republic of Texas tariffs with whiskey, tobacco, weapons — and, according to Stories From Texas, coffins packed with sugar, molasses and cigars. In early Texas, apparently even the dearly departed could be asked to carry a little contraband.
Pining for pines? San Augustine County offers plenty for history buffs, from Mission Dolores and the old county jail museum to historic homes and traces of El Camino Real. For a little more fresh air, visitors can head toward the Sabine National Forest and nearby Toledo Bend — proof that one of Texas’ oldest corners still gives you plenty to explore.
One last thing: San Augustine County’s namesake seat calls itself the “Oldest Town in Texas” — though Nacogdoches has been known to make the same claim. In East Texas, even history comes with a rivalry.
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“Sometimes we are building the rights and the mechanisms through statute. Other times we're just fighting to keep them.” |
In Texas v. Kennedy, the state of Texas is challenging the constitutionality of a mandate that has allowed disabled people to receive care in their homes rather than in institutions for decades.
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