
Evan Smith
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09-01-2009 04:08:03
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Never a more important time than *right now* to support public media. If you value your local PBS and NPR stations — and there are none better than Austin PBS KUT Austin — make your voice heard. Shout from the rooftops. Let's preserve these beloved civic institutions #txlege

Eighteenth and final Overheard with Evan Smith season 12 taping: Christopher Cross. We talked about his long career, the stories behind "Sailing" and "Ride Like the Wind," what it's like to be on the Mount Rushmore of yacht rock, his first band and more. Episode posting soon #txlege Austin PBS


.Greg Abbott says he hasn’t mind up his mind on whether to sign or veto legislation that would ban hemp-derived THC products.



Now that the 2025 #txlege is over, are you wondering how your legislators voted on key bills? I got ya covered! I built a nifty little lookup tool to help you do just that for the Texas Tribune


📺 Jonathan Capehart and I talk about his best-selling memoir, his improbable career (and how a TODAY internship kickstarted it), the state of the media and more on a new episode of Overheard with Evan Smith pbs.org/video/jonathan… #txlege Austin PBS

📺 Dr. Peniel E. Joseph 🇭🇹🇺🇸 and I talk about his new book on 1963 — the most pivotal year of the civil rights movement — plus James Baldwin, Malcom X, JFK vs. LBJ, and the hot mess that is 2025 on a new episode of Overheard with Evan Smith pbs.org/video/peniel-e… #txlege Austin PBS


Essential reading from @texastribune: Mark P. Jones ranks the Texas House from left to right texastribune.org/2025/06/17/tex… #txlege texastribune.org/2025/06/17/tex…

Must-read from Zach Despart Alejandro Serrano Texas Tribune: Texas quietly defunds border wall texastribune.org/2025/06/17/tex… #txlege texastribune.org/2025/06/17/tex…

📺 Christopher Cross and I talk about his amazing career, the quintuple-platinum record that started it all, touring at 74, yacht rock without irony and why he didn't graduate from Alamo Heights High School on a new episode of Overheard with Evan Smith pbs.org/video/christop… #txlege Austin PBS

New: Sen. Kelly Hancock expected to be next Comptroller as Gov. Abbott avoids unlawful appointment, source says. Abbott can't appoint Hancock based on his own 2002 AG opinion. Hancock will take job in agency & take over when Glenn Hegar exits. #txlege news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/tex…

.Greg Berman Vital City: Despite what you've heard during the mayor's race, New York is not broken vitalcitynyc.org/articles/is-ne… #txlege



Josh Greenman in Vital City: Would Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani be more like Bill de Blasio Mayor Brandon Johnson or Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭? vitalcitynyc.org/articles/zohra… #txlege