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Our guest for this episode is the preeminent authority on Texas government and politics.

As the editor of the Quorum Report and host of the “Texas Take” podcast, Scott Braddock has covered the inner workings of the Texas Legislature with unmatched detail and insight. Over the course of his career, he has also served as the chief political reporter for news-radio stations in Dallas and Houston.

On this episode, Braddock talks about Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and the growing divisions between the Texas House and Senate.

Catch a new episode of "Texas Talk with Gilbert Garcia" at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. To watch all previous episodes, visit: klrn.org/texastalk.

Texas Talk is produced in partnership with the San Antonio Express-News.  

This week On The Record, host Randy Beamer talks with District 7 Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito on the proposed increase in council pay, and why she thinks it is needed. Gavito also addresses her push for more regulations regarding stray and dangerous dogs.

Next, Trish DeBerry, CEO for Centro SA, discusses the results of a recent audit on downtown safety, and what changes need to be made for increased security.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, James McCandless with the San Antonio Business Journal, discusses his article on the permit just approved for a new bridge near Eagle Pass that will connect Mexico and the U.S. 

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or stream online at klrn.org/live or on our Facebook page.  Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

This week, On The Record host Randy Beamer talks with City Manager Erik Walsh about the negotiations with the Firefighter’s Union. Next, we hear about a new federally funded mental health program coming to the south side, supported by Texas A&M San Antonio. Our guest is the man who will head up the program, Dr. Stephen Lenz with Texas A&M San Antonio. And on Reporter’s Roundtable, SA Report’s Business Reporter Tracy Idell Hamilton discusses her story on how a city audit led to big questions – and a stop in funding – for several area business development nonprofits.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or stream online at klrn.org/live or on our Facebook page.  Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

This week On The Record with Randy Beamer, we talk with Derek Boese, General Manager of the San Antonio River Authority about the Aquatic EcoSystem Restoration Project along the San Antonio River.  What the plan will entail, and how it will affect Brackenridge Park.

Next, San Antonio’s Chief Sustainability Officer Doug Melnick talks to Randy about the Cool Neighborhood Pilot Program, which should help lower summer temperatures in parts of the city that are becoming increasingly hot. 

On Reporter’s Roundtable, Ramzi Ghalioum with the San Antonio Business Journal discusses the controversy over hundreds of acres of land around the Toyota Plant on the southside, where the city is trying to get zoning commissioners to approve new zoning overlays that would block residential properties from being developed in those areas.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or stream online at klrn.org/live or on our Facebook page.  Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

Then, Karen Guz, VP of Conservation with SAWS explains their new proposal that would require customers who use large amounts of water to cut back first when restrictions are put into place.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, City Hall Reporter Molly Smith talks about former Councilman Clayton Perry considering a run for Mayor next year, as well as pay increases for city council representatives.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays.

Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or stream online at klrn.org/live or on our Facebook page.

Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/.

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

Over time, our institutions decide what artifacts are worth preserving, which individuals are worth celebrating, what stories are worth telling, and how those stories should be told.

In her role as the CEO and director of the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum, Deborah Omowale Jarmon is working to balance the scales and fill in the blanks.

On this episode, she talks about her life, how SAAACAM is working to preserve African American history, and what she wants to see from the forthcoming Alamo Visitor Center and Museum.Watch on-air and online at our site or via the PBS app!

Texas Talk is produced in collaboration with the San Antonio Express-News.

This week On The Record with Randy Beamer, University Health President/CEO George Hernandez discusses his two decades of running the UH system, why we need to develop health care careers here in San Antonio, and what he plans to do after his retirement this summer.

Next, District 3 City Council Rep Phyllis Viagran explains the latest in the effort to ban horse-drawn carriages downtown- including what she feels needs to be discussed before a decision can be made.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, SA Report’s Andrea Drusch fills us in on the details about the indictments of Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife.

On The Record airs 7 p.m. Thursdays. Watch on-air (channel 9.1) or stream online at klrn.org/live or on our Facebook page.  Watch all past episodes by visiting https://video.klrn.org/show/klrn-on-the-record/

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

This week On The Record with Randy Beamer, we talk with the interim Director of the San Antonio Library, Kathy Donellan, about the pilot program using police presence at the Central Library downtown.  A group of activists is fighting the program, saying the police presence sends the wrong message to immigrants who use the library.

It’s been almost a year since Frank Ritchie was elected Mayor of Boerne. Randy talks with him about balancing the aesthetics of Boerne’s quaint hill country feel with the explosive growth in that area.

On Reporter’s Roundtable, Express-News/Houston Chronicle Columnist Chris Tomlinson discusses his recent columns on the extensive water and power needs of the new Samsung chip plant near Austin, and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s efforts to do away with property taxes in Texas.

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

The Congressman joins us to detail where some of those funds are going, and what they will be used for.

Also, parvovirus is on the rise in San Antonio. We’re joined by Shannon Sims, Director of the city’s Animal Care Services, on how it spreads, and what you can do to prevent your dogs from becoming infected.

And On Reporter’s Roundtable, San Antonio Business journal reporter James McCandless explains why revenues for the Fiesta Commission are down, and why they are expected to return to pre-pandemic higher levels.

Catch this story and others, on-air and online at klrn.org/live or via the @pbs app.

Generous support for On The Record on KLRN is provided by Steve and Adele Dufilho.

Even when other fighters ruled the heavyweight division in the early 1970s, Muhammad Ali was, by his own estimation and that of his fans, the People's Champion.

By the same token, even before Eddie Vega recently received the honor of being named San Antonio's poet laureate, he was unquestionably the People's Poet.

His witty and incisive examinations of food, family and the cultural complexities that come with growing up Mexican American have appeared on city buses and downtown San Antonio buildings, been performed at poetry slams and open-mic nights, and been printed in two collections by a small, South Texas publishing house.

On this episode, Vega talks about his upbringing, his fascination with theology and what inspires him to write.

Watch on-air and online at klrn.org/live. 

Catch a new episode of "Texas Talk with Gilbert Garcia" at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. To watch all previous episodes, visit: klrn.org/texastalk.

Texas Talk is produced in partnership with the San Antonio Express-News.