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YOUNGER FOLKS ARE VOTING more regularly.

Voters ages 18-29 helped stop a last month.

But what issues are important to ?

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. has added 20-plus acres of green space over the past 20 years. No other downtown in the country can boast about turning as many parking lots into parks during that time period. Find out more

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After nearly 30 years in the public eye, how much do we really know about Texas' 48th Governor?
It’s the exact question veteran Texas journalist asked in her May cover story for
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This week we take an in depth look at the problems plaguing Texas’ child welfare system and what, if anything, is being done to find solutions. has been passionate about this for years and she joins Jason Whitely for this episode.
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Looking for that next, great technology breakthrough? Maybe the next Uber or Airbnb? Supporters of Blockchain technology say look no further than the real estate industry. Joins us. Listen here: https://apple.co/3j7hcmd

In his first interview of record since getting released from federal prison, Dwaine Caraway gets into everything on this special episode of Y’all-itics. Caraway, at one time, was among the most powerful politicians at Dallas City Hall. He spent more than a decade on city council and served briefly as the 60th mayor of Dallas. But he resigned and pleaded guilty to taking $450,000 in bribes. Now after serving a four-year prison sentence, Caraway is working on his comeback.
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Chuck Rocha and Mike Madrid on why candidates have finally started to communicate directly with Latino voters, which political party has the advantage in Texas’ RGV and if support for Trump was a one-off or an indicative of changing trends.

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It may seem like a world away, but the crisis unfolding all along Ukraine’s border will eventually find its way to Texas. Sara Phillips with
Medical Teams International joins us from the Ukrainian border to explain what is happening and how you can help.

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To be your true self is to be empowered. And that is why is vowing to continue the fight after last month’s setback in the U.S. House and last year’s disappointment in the Texas Legislature.

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If the state of Texas has any money invested in the Russian Federation, Senator Paul Bettencourt wants it all out. Yesterday.

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In just a few short years, medical ma*****na has become big business in OK, a state that is far more conservative than Texas. Joins the Jasons to explore good, the bad and the ugly of Oklahoma’s medical ma*****na industry.

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The right-wing is trying to take over public schools. Superintendents are quitting. Boards have banned books. CRT is now part of our lexicon. In this episode of Y’all-itics some pastors are now pushing back.

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Can Ken Paxton survive without a runoff? The Republican race for Texas Attorney General appears to be tightening. For the first time in recent memory, the GOP primary for the state’s top cop is crowded with high profile candidates.

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In just three months, 1,280,000 Texans said I quit…see y’all later. Many have just headed across the street to a new employer who will pay more, and even throw in some crazy bonuses. But what if you want to stay? Raise your 🤚 if you've have had success! https://bit.ly/3G0Lpfy

In our latest episode of Y’all-itics, the north Texas Operations Manager for explains to the Jasons how sick calls during Omicron compare to the worst of the pandemic during the first couple of waves.
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In less than 60-days Gary Kelly will depart as CEO of Southwest Airlines. Now, as Southwest celebrates the 50th anniversary since its first flight, Kelly joins the Jasons – meeting them at the San Antonio bar where the airline was born.

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Only 90-minutes after his official announcement that he’d be running for Texas Governor, Democrat Beto O’Rourke joined the Jasons for this early release episode of Y’all-itics.

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To say it has been a difficult 18 months for hospitals throughout the state would be an understatement. But you cannot overstate the acute pain that’s been felt by rural Texas hospitals, who limped into the pandemic to begin with.

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The Rural Policy Research Institute released some data recently that shows rural Texans are twice as likely to die from COVID as their urban counterparts. So the Jasons hit the road to find out why and what’s being done to try to lower this mortality disparity in the future. They visit the last independent hospital in northeast Texas: Titus Regional Medical Center

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Remember that loop hole for the natural gas industry? The President of the Texas Oil and Gas Association tells the Jasons the concern is not that too many natural gas companies will use it to opt out, but that too many might opt in and they would take the electricity reserved for, say, a hospital during an emergency.

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As the Texas Secretary of State spins up an audit of the 2020 election, it’s important to remember this is a road we’ve been down before. In this episode, the Jasons are joined by SMU professor Matthew Wilson, Ph.D., an expert in politics and elections in America, who explains why this could be our new normal.

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We tracked down and then called up both of the people from out-of-state who are suing over Texas’ abortion law. The Illinois man said tongue-in-cheek that it takes a couple ‘yahoos’ from other states to test the Texas law.
Both men have different motivations for suing but their arguments are interesting and will resonate.
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The Lincoln Project released a new attack ad called “Abbott’s Wall,” criticizing his handling of the pandemic. In this episode of Y’all-itics, co-founder Rick Wilson tells the Jasons why he thinks Gov. Abbott is now more dangerous than former President Trump, how the state’s new abortion bounty system could spectacularly backfire on Republicans and why the organization will continue attacking the Governor moving forward.

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