Texas Public Radio

09/26/2025

Immigrants on both sides of the border are feeling the effects of the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on immigration.

South of the U.S. border, movement from Central America and Mexico is at a virtual halt.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — French for Doctors Without Borders — provides comprehensive care for all ages, including maternal and prenatal care, support for victims of sexual violence, and mental health care.

However, a recent drop in aid has reduced MSF’s footprint across the migration route.

An MSF recent report released in August finds that changes in immigration policy have left many immigrants trapped in a cycle of physical, emotional, and institutional violence.

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09/26/2025

The U.S. government will collect a multibillion-dollar fee from the American investors who will take over TikTok. Some experts call the fee and other deals like it "extortion."

09/26/2025

The Enhanced Premium Tax Credit is set to expire at the end of the year. San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro says an extension is part of the negotiation for a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, but that negotiation has stalled.

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09/26/2025

Natalia Lafourcade is among the contemporary writers creating memorable songs that would merit entry into our "Great Americas Songbook." TPR's James Baker also looks to music of Gloria Estefan, and the Harlem String Quartet.

Natalia Lafourcade is among the contemporary writers creating memorable songs that would merit entry into our Great Americas Songbook. TPR's James Baker also looks to music of Gloria Estefan, and the Harlem String Quartet.

09/26/2025

A new Netflix show by the creator of Peaky Blinders fictionalizes the battle for control of the venerable Irish brewing company. Family drama comes to a foamy head in this eight-part series.

09/26/2025

"I want to cause terror," the gunman behind Wednesday's deadly attack on a Dallas ICE immigration facility allegedly wrote in a note, according to authorities.

09/26/2025

📢: "Say! Do any of you guys know how to Madison?"

What are your favorite Rocky Horror quotes ... and call backs? 👀

Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.

09/26/2025

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09/26/2025

Tourists who enter the cozy Texas Hats shop at Market Square can immediately smell the aroma of newly made leather goods stocked from floor to ceiling by its operator Hugo Flores.

Wallets, purses, hats, and other goods from Mexico are in stock.

And just in the distance, tourists can also hear the heavy construction work on nearby Santa Rosa Street that has dragged on for nearly three years now. Only the music coming out of speakers at Texas Hats seems to help drown out the noise so tourists can find some Zen as they vacation and shop.

Flores knows it will also be good for business when the street work is done. He just hopes he is still open when it does come to an end because sales revenue is way down.

"Honestly, it's been down like 75%," he said. "We've really been in the red. We feel we're going to have to close the doors. I've had to fire our employees. I'm not making enough to pay them, much less pay rent."

Flores said the city told merchants the street work, started in the winter of 2022, would end this past spring. That got pushed back to October and now the completion date has been pushed to November.

He said he may can hang on until then, but it's crucial for the work to end before the busy Christmas shopping season, which starts Thanksgiving weekend.

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09/26/2025

When pianist Daniela Liebman sat down at our Steinway piano, she opened our afternoon broadcast with a rendition of Robert Schumann’s “Traumerei” that had us all in a reverie.

“It stays with me every time I play it,” Liebman said afterward.
This weekend, Daniela Liebman will be playing an even bigger piece by Schumann, the Piano Concerto in A minor. She’ll be joining the San Antonio Philharmonic at their opening concerts of the 2025-26 season on Sept. 26 & 27.

“I feel really lucky to play it here,” Liebman said, “because I think the way that it develops… reminds me a lot of nature, the way that it's orchestrated, and the way that all the instruments sort of interact with the piano.”

“There's just this open space where these instruments come out of this color that the piano and the orchestra help create, and then you have this clarinet and the oboe and the piano. It all just sounds a bit like a forest to me.”

The concert opens with music by San Antonio native Robert X. Rodriguez, at one time the composer in residence with the San Antonio Symphony. The piece is called “Tlaloc,” depicting an Aztec rain god.

“He manages to put a lot of things into seven minutes, including a fanfare depicting the rain god, then depicting people waiting for and praying for the rain, and then the rain coming, and then a celebration,” said Jeffrey Kahane, the Philharmonic’s Music Director.

Anchoring the concert are the “Symphonic Dances,” by Sergei Rachmaninoff, whom Kahane called “one of the greatest melodists who ever lived.”

Shows are Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Hall. Ticket information is at saphil.org.

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09/26/2025

Kerrville City Council voted this week to raise the property tax rate by nearly 8% to help pay for rebuilding efforts following the July 4th flood.

A disaster tax rate of $.05711 per $100 valuation will go into effect for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget.

Based on the rate, city officials estimated the median-valued homestead will pay about $1,906 in property taxes — an increase of around $39 compared to the Fiscal Year 2025 tax bill of the same property.

The new disaster tax rate can be used, if directed by the city council, for three years or until the total taxable value exceeds the total value of the disaster year.

Many Kerrville residents voiced opposition to the hike during Tuesday's city council meeting. The move to raise property taxes comes less than three months following the Guadalupe River flood.

"Regardless if this is a temporary tax increase or not, it's unsustainable for the working class of Kerrville,” said resident McKenna Baxley. “We're coming to ask you for relief, and it's consistently been slapped in the face by this council or ignored.”

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