Todd and Oz Show 5-19-26

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.

The Todd & Oz Show 6-16-26

Texas ranchers may be holding back on reporting screwworm infestations out of fear of the federal government's response as Robin Giles has been working the 13-thousand-acre hillingdon ranch in the hill country for 70 years that’s been in his family for over 130 years saying he's seen it all, including screwworms, the city of Austin is looking for a contractor to help out with the task of taking an inventory of the city's trees as city leaders say they want to follow the lead of other cities like Dallas, Denton, and Chicago who have all completed tree inventories, and the Texas education agency today is set to release the results of the STAAR test for grades 3 through 8. and the results could be very impactful for the Austin school district as Dobie, Webb, and Burnet middle schools have all failed to meet basic academic standards for four straight years and the STAAR test results factor largely into the T-E-A's overall accountability ratings for schools, and Austin ISD superintendent Matias Segura has been sounding the alarm that a fifth failing grade for any of those schools could cost them their local control. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Todd & Oz Show 6-15-26

The US and Iran have struck a framework deal as Trump heads to the G7. Oil prices had already fallen sharply in anticipation of the deal, and Trump posted that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen after the deal is signed, Texas Governor Greg Abbott laid out the GOP's agenda going forward at the Republican state convention in Houston and education experts are watching closely to see whether recent gains in test scores at the high school level will carry over to younger students as more STAAR results are set to be released tomorrow. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Todd & Oz Show 6-12-26

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is trying to protect homeowners from surging power bills connected to new data centers, the City of Austin is considering a partnership with Travis County to expand fare-free public transit in the fall's general election and Karmelo Anthony has filed an appeal in his murder conviction while also telling the court he cannot afford an attorney and must be appointed one. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Todd and Oz Show 6-11-26

While cities and counties across the state debate moratoriums on data center growth, Governor Abbott calls for more regulations on them as he directed the public utility commission and ERCOT to to require data centers to add power generation to the grid, to require them to pay their own infrastructure costs and to lower residential ratepayer costs, the shakeup continues in Texas education as public school enrollment is on the decline, and numbers showing that charter school enrollment is down too, while at the same time, the trend of home schooling is outpacing both, the prosecutor in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial is speaking out, saying this was one of the most unique cases he has ever worked on and says in all his years he has never seen as much mis information and intentional dis information put out into social media platforms… that's why he agreed with the decision not to allow cameras or audio into the courtroom. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.