The Todd & Oz Show 6-24-26

The Todd & Oz Show 6-24-26

Central Texas residents urging local leaders to take a tougher stance on proposed data centers got a response this week in Hays county, where commissioners approved what they called one of the strongest industrial high-water resolutions in Texas, Travis county district attorney Jose Garza has caught the attention of the lawmakers in the nation's capital as congressmen chip roy and Jim Jordan are among the lawmakers who are demanding that Garza's office hand over records related to interactions with federal immigration authorities, as well as records on the treatment of non-citizen defendants,  senator Cornyn says he will play hardball in his final six months in office if he has to as he told Semafor that he told senate republican leadership that in order for him to vote on a 70-billion dollar immigration spending bill, the White House must reimburse Texas for border security spending, and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is sitting on a 2-percent lead over his democrat senate opponent, James Talarico. 49-percent of 800 likely Texas voters support Paxton for senate, 47-percent are behind Talarico. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Todd & Oz Show 6-22-26

Vice President JD Vance told reporters in Switzerland that inspectors could be in Iran as soon as this week as negotiations with Iran resumed after a pause over the weekend, the Texas State Board of Education will meet this week to vote on a new controversial social studies curriculum and Austin Police have ruled that a shooting in southeast Austin that left a husband and wife dead was a murder-suicide. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Todd & Oz Show 6-19-26

Sweden's Foreign Ministry has announced that planned talks between the U-S and Iran have been postponed, new details in the investigation of a south Texas plane crash reveal the pilot radioed the tower before the crash, stating there were mechanical issues with the plane and the Austin City Auditor's Office says in a new report that more than a half-dozen Austin Energy employees violated city policy by using city vehicles for personal use. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Todd & Oz Show 6-18-26

The Austin city council's quest for density is causing some concern for at least one member of the city's zoning and platting commission. Lonny Stern represents district 3 on the commission and he says the city should force large housing developments to create public walkways through them so people don't have to walk all the way around them while critics of such an idea says allowing the public to cut through a private housing development would invite much more crime and concerns about the safety of children , Austin’s long-debated light rail project moved into another phase as the Austin transit partnership met this week to discuss design and pre-construction work, and the discussion comes as some businesses along the planned route continue to raise concerns about losing customers, or potential displacement, also there is some concern here in Texas over what is coming to new cars as there is a growing push to repeal an impending government mandate that requires all new cars to have technology to monitor driver's behavior, as a way to stop drunk driving. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Todd & Oz Show 6-17-26

Austin police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman in southeast Austin as officer Austin Zarling says there were multiple calls made to 911 asking about a welfare check of a husband and wife at a home in the 4700 block of Oltorf saying the 911 calls were placed just before 3:15 p.m., but officers didn't actually arrive at the house until 6:20 p.m. , new restrictions on what Texans can buy with their snap benefits have been in place since April, but some critics say those new restrictions are causing too much confusion for struggling families, and for grocery stores. Texas senate bill 379 bans snap recipients from using their benefits to buy things like candy, gum, and sweetened drinks, but Gina Plata-Nino with the food research and action center tells cbs austin the changes have made it harder for people who rely on snap to meet their basic needs, and the Texas education agency has released the spring 2026 STAAR test results for third through eighth graders. Statewide, the numbers show a shift in Texas classrooms, including a surge in advanced math and a jump in middle school reading with state officials attributing those reading gains to a statewide school cell phone ban. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.