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Texas Tomorrow

Texas Scorecard

Charles Blain focuses on the issues impacting urban and suburban communities now that will shape the future of Texas for years to come. Texas Tomorrow, a show dedicated to covering the issues important to families living in the fastest growing parts of Texas.

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4:53

Cities Face A Tough Choice, Autonomy or More Money....

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/04/16

Who gets to pass an ordinance in Texas, or more importantly, who gets the final say? Not always who you think.

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5:23

When your city council starts making immigration...

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/04/09

Houston City Council just passed an ordinance limiting when HPD can contact ICE. Chicago, Denver, New York, and Long Beach have done the same thing.

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3:54

The Texas Mega-Event Machine: Who Really Pays?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/04/02

Houston is spending half a billion dollars to look good for the World Cup and Arlington invested millions. Texas loves hosting the world, but is the mega-event economy a public investment or a public shakedown?

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3:27

What’s Going on in Corpus Christi?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/03/26

As Corpus Christi faces an emergency that could impact the rest of us, are its local officials able to meet the challenge?

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5:06

Who's Building Texas?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/03/19

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4:42

What Happens When Citizens Get Auditing Power?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/03/12

Citizens can hold their local government accountable by reporting them, a good tool or bureaucratic Battlefield?

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4:00

Will Corpus Christi’s Water Crisis Worsen?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/03/05

One of Texas's biggest industrial ports needs 60 million gallons of new water a day by November what happens if they miss?

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3:15

Public School Closures Sparking Community Concerns

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/02/26

Seats are emptying and schools are closing but do we know exactly why?

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4:04

2/25/26 Latest Texas Polls

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/02/25

-New UT Poll Shows Tight AG Race, Close Senate Contest-Hood County Rejects Data Center Moratorium, Pressures DA on Appraisal District Audit-Texas Education Freedom Accounts Hit 130,000 Applications at Midway Mark

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4:48

Where Will Texas's 400+ Data Centers Land?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/02/19

Over 400 data centers are operating or under construction in Texas. The $500 billion Stargate project alone will draw enough power to light 750,000 homes. And yet the state's water plan doesn't include a single line for data center demand, call that an accountability gap.

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4:40

A Texas School Spent MILLIONS of Dollars Without...

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/02/12

Texas school districts are spending hundreds of millions without board approval, did the state make it easier to do more of it? If your school district spent $870 million without board approval, would you call that efficiency or a governance failure? That's not hypothetical, it’s happening right now.

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4:38

How Much Power Does Your School Board Hold?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/02/05

School board meetings have become battlegrounds—but most parents still have no idea how much power these elected officials actually hold over their kids' education.

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1:56

What is the “Right Size" for Government?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/01/29

Texas local governments come in all sizes, but is there a "right" size?

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2:13

Do You Live Under an Invisible Government?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/01/22

Some jurisdictions are so small they fly under the radar, but these invisible governments shouldn't go without accountability.

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2:25

People Need More Access to Their Local Officials, Not...

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/01/15

What happens in communities where people’s access to their officials, whether through network or time constraints, is limited? Who upholds accountability?

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2:57

What Happens When Even Local Trust Fails?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2026/01/08

We’re used to not trusting talking heads and distant politicians, but what happens when it's our neighbors we start to question?

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4:39

Is Your City Hiding Debt Behind a Glossy Budget?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2025/12/18

Every year, cities release polished budget presentations full of promises, but the real financial story is hidden in a boring document most citizens never read.

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3:52

Is Your City Council Secretly Blocking Market Rate...

Texas Tomorrow ·

2025/12/11

The Texas legislature has recently passed bills aimed at lowering housing costs through deregulation, but local municipalities are fighting back. Learn how these bureaucratic hurdles are being used to kill new developments and keep rent prices high in your backyard.

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5:45

Can Friday Night Lights Save a Dying Town?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2025/12/04

In rural Texas, where high school enrollments have plummeted below 104 students, the 11-man game has been replaced by 6-man football. Is this beloved tradition a sign of resilience, or merely a symptom of inevitable demographic and economic decline in rural America?

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2:57

Do You Know Who Serves You?

Texas Tomorrow ·

2025/11/27

Boards and commissions are stacked with insiders whose names you should know, but you should be paying attention to what they're doing.

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