Donald Trump has a mostly invisible ground game in Texas, while Hillary Clinton has a visible one. A fight over whether Texas could be turning purple. A move is afoot to get rid of the controversial STAAR test in some districts, but would that be legal? And a fight over mandatory vaccines for school students appears to be ginning back up again.

Texas politics are never boring, and the intriguing highlights and these and other topics that have dominated headlines in recent days are explored in this week's Texas Take: The Podcast -- now the leading political podcast in the Lone Star State, with a Facebook Live post so you can see the show each week as it happens.