Texas: The Issue Is - Should places where drag shows are held be classified as sexually oriented business?
Three North Texas Republicans are pushing to ban children from drag shows. Frisco Rep. Jared Patterson wants to go a step further, making businesses change their classification to a sexually oriented business.
Texas: The Issue Is — Priorities for 2023 legislative session
FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial, FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski and FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan are breaking down Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's legislative priorities and talk about their feasibility this legislative session.
Texas: The Issue Is — Gov. Abbott's legislative priorities
It's been well reported that the state of Texas has a record surplus and lawmakers have been focused on talking about giving that money back to taxpayers, specifically with property tax relief. But in his inaugural address, Governor Greg Abbott gave us a preview of some other priorities this session.
Texas: The Issue Is - Discussion about Gov. Greg Abbott's priorities going into his 3rd term
We know Texas has a record surplus and a lot of the focus has been on property tax relief, but in his inaugural address, Gov. Greg Abbott gave a preview of what other priorities he has for this legislative session.
Texas: The Issue Is — Texas' $33 billion surplus
FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial and FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan sit down to discuss a recent interview with Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar and what the state will do with its $33 billion surplus as a new legislative session gets underway.
Texas: The Issue Is — Interview with Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar
The state continues to figure out what to do with the gigantic $33 billion budget surplus. State Comptroller Glenn Hegar spoke with FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan to talk about this.
Texas: The Issue Is — US border security and the migrant crisis
FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan, and FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial discuss a recent interview with newly elected US Rep Wesley Hunt and the US-Mexico border.
Texas: The Issue Is — Interview with US Rep Wesley Hunt
In this latest edition of Texas The Issue Is, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan speaks with newly elected U.S. Rep Wesley Hunt to get his thoughts on the migrant crisis, national budget and the current divisiveness among the Republican Party as seen during the long battle for the Speakership.
Texas The Issue Is: Congressman Wesley Hunt discusses migrant crisis, budget, battle among GOP
Newly elected Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt insists the deepening immigration crisis along the Texas border is a clear and present danger to America's sovereignty and security.
Texas: The Issue Is — Legalizing sports betting in Texas
FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan and FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial discuss a recent interview with former Texas governor Rick Perry and the possibility of legalized sports betting in the Lone Star State.
Texas: The Issue Is — Interview with former Gov. Rick Perry
Rick Perry is hoping to convince the Lone Star State to legalize sports betting. Perry has joined the Sports Betting Alliance and says the time is right. FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski sits down with the former Texas governor to talk about the chances for legalization in this next legislative session.
Texas: The Issue Is — How should Texas's budget surplus be spent?
Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan have begun sharing publicly their thoughts on how to spend the projected $30 billion budget surplus in the state's coffers. FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan, FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski and FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial examine their proposals and break them down.
Texas: The Issue Is — Texas's $30B budget surplus
FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan, FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, and FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial discuss how Texas lawmakers are proposing to spend the projected $30 billion budget surplus in the state's coffers.
Texas: The Issue Is — Democratic leadership shakeup in Congress
FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial, FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan and FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski discuss the big changes in Congressional leadership for the Democratic Party including Nancy Pelosi stepping back as majority leader in favor of Hakeem Jeffries, the first Black person ever to lead a party in Congress.
Texas: The Issue Is — Interview with US Rep-elect Jasmine Crockett
Congressional Democrats have experienced a recent shakeup in leadership, with longtime majority leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrat leaders stepping back. Congresswoman-elect Jasmine Crockett, who was recently elected freshman leadership representative, joins FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial to talk about the changes in the Democratic Party and how she feels about the slim GOP majority in the US House.
Congresswoman-elect Jasmine Crockett on working with Republicans and what Democrats are doing wrong in Texas
Crockett spoke with FOX 4's Steven Dial about her hopes for her first term as a U.S. Congresswoman and the prospect of reaching across the aisle.
Texas: The Issue Is — Could the compassionate use program expand again?
FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski, FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial and FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan discuss Koski's interview with Morris Denton, owner of one of the few legal medical marijuana dispensaries in Texas, as well as the likelihood of Texas's compassionate use program for low-dose marijuana expanding for the third legislative session in a row to include those with chronic pain.
Texas: The Issue Is — Expanding state's compassionate use program
After two expansions in 2019 and 2021, another expansion of Texas's compassionate use program for low-dose marijuana could be on the table for the 2023 legislative session, this time to include chronic pain. FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski speaks with Morris Denton, who owns one of the few legal medical marijuana dispensaries in Texas.
Texas: The Issue Is — Election Day issues in Harris County
In this latest "The Issue Is," FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan, FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski and FOX 4 Dallas's Steven Dial take a look at some of the major issues that befell Texas's most populous county on Election Day and what is being done to prevent them from happening again.
Texas: The Issue Is — Interview with State Sen. Paul Bettencourt
Texas State Sen. Paul Bettencourt sits down with FOX 26 Houston's Greg Groogan to talk about some of the major issues in Harris County during the midterm elections and what's ahead for the next Texas legislative session, including calls for property tax relief.