Texas: The Issue Is – Senator Ted Cruz talks debt ceiling, border crisis
As the national debt continues to grow, reaching the highest debt seen in history, conversations in Congress continue to circle around what should be done regarding the U.S. debt ceiling.
Texas: The Issue Is - Work underway to make penalty tougher for criminals who cut off ankle monitors
FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan and FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski discuss the bipartisan effort in Texas to make the penalty tougher for criminals who cut off their ankle monitors.
Texas: The Issue Is - State Rep. Anchia on toughening penalties for cutting off ankle monitors
Bills filed by State Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas), create a felony offense to remove an electronic ankle monitor, would require hospitals to be notified if a violent criminal is being allowed on campus and would make the assault of a hospital worker a 3rd-degree felony. Anchia spoke with FOX 4 Dallas's about the bipartisan push to make the penalty tougher for criminals who cut off their ankle monitors.
Texas: The Issue Is - Work underway to make penalty tougher for criminals who cut off ankle monitors
There is a bipartisan effort to make the penalty tougher for criminals who cut off their ankle monitors.
Texas: The Issue Is — School choice debate
FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial, and FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan sit down to discuss Koski's recent interview with Texas state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer about the debate over school choice vouchers.
Texas: The Issue Is — State Rep. Martinez Fischer talks school choice
State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer sits down with FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski to discuss the current school choice debate. Martinez Fischer says he considers it a bad idea regardless of the name and not the way to fix what he believes is a flawed education funding formula.
Texas: The Issue Is — State Rep. Martinez Fischer talks school choice vouchers
State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, chairman of the Texas House Democrat Caucus, considers school vouchers a bad idea and not the way to fix what he believes is a flawed education funding formula.
Texas: The Issue Is — Education savings accounts
FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan, and FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski discuss Dial's interview with Gov. Greg Abbott and examine the feasibility of education savings accounts in Texas.
Texas: The Issue Is — Gov. Abbott on school choice vouchers
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said that one of his priorities this year is the concept of school choice. Part of the governor's idea is to establish education savings accounts, but public educators and even some rural Republicans have pushed back against the concept.
Gov. Abbott responds to criticism of school voucher program
Governor Greg Abbott says Texas public schools will not lose funding if education savings accounts are established in the state.
Texas: The Issue Is — Sen Cornyn on border, debt ceiling, Ukraine and China
US Sen John Cornyn (R-Texas) is shouldering what many see as the "Herculean" challenge of forging limited, bipartisan consensus as a means of easing the multifaceted border crisis plaguing Texas and the entire country.
Texas: The Issue Is — Border security, debt ceiling, Ukraine
FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan, FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial and FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski discuss the recent interview with US Sen. John Cornyn and his thoughts on the Texas-Mexico border situation, the debt ceiling debate, and aid for Ukraine.
Senator John Cornyn talks border, debt ceiling, Ukraine and China
The Lone Star State's Senior U.S. Senator is shouldering what many see as the "Herculean" challenge of forging limited, bipartisan consensus as a means of easing the multifaceted border crisis plaguing Texas and the entire country.
Texas: The Issue Is — Expanding gambling in Texas
The effort to expand gambling in the Lone Star State appears to be gaining traction under the Capitol dome. Rudy Koski, Greg Groogan, and Steven Dial discuss.
Texas: The Issue Is — Casino gambling in Texas
The effort to expand gambling in Texas is gaining traction under the Capitol dome. FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan, and FOX 4 Dallas' Steven Dial discuss Koski's interview with former Texas governor Rick Perry about potential roadblocks and his thoughts on a new poll that shows the bills could pass.
Texas: The Issue Is — Interview with State Sen. Carol Alvarado
Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) is again trying to make casino gambling possible in Texas, by offering a proposal for a quartet of gaming resorts, each equipped with luxury hotels, restaurants, convention centers, and entertainment venues. She sits down with FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan to discuss the issue.
Texas: The Issue Is — Casino gambling in Texas
Could we see casino gambling soon in Texas? FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan and FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski discuss Groogan's interview with Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado and the chances Texas will allow casino gambling.
The Issue Is: The case for casino gambling in Texas
The possibility of legalizing gambling in Texas has improved. State Senator Carol Alvarado speaks more on Texas rolling the dice on gambling and the effects it could have on the economy.
Texas: The Issue Is — Should places where drag shows are held be classified as sexually oriented businesses?
FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial and FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan discuss a recent interview with State Rep. Jared Patterson, and the push to both ban children from drag performances in Texas and require businesses that host them to change their classification to a sexually-oriented business.
Texas: The Issue Is — Interview with State Rep. Jared Patterson
State Rep. Jared Patterson (R-Frisco) sits down with FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial to talk about his push to require Texas businesses that host drag shows change their classification to a sexually-oriented business.