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October 23, 2026 Brazos Bulletin Episode

What is driving the price of diesel higher?

Diesel prices are surging amid global supply disruptions, and one energy economist warns crude oil could eventually approach two hundred dollars a barrel - not good news for Texas drivers already feeling the pinch at the pump.

TPR's Tim Gutierrez has more.

A new oral history project aims to document first year of HOTNIR

A Baylor professor is asking the question: What if we could record history as it’s actually happening?

Jerilyn Morrison is an assistant professor of Art History at Baylor. She's leading a new Oral History project to document the first year of the Heart of Texas Network for Immigrant Rights through first-hand accounts of its volunteers and the immigrants it serves.

TCEQ suspends stormwater approvals, other data center-related reviews appear unchanged after watchdog report

A report released this week claims that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has moved forward with the review and approval of development related to data centers, despite a directive from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to pause data center approvals.

KTTZ’s Samantha Larned spoke with the author of that report.

Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty hosts annual summit, hopes to find new solutions for food insecurity

Since 2010, the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty has hosted the Together at the Table summit – an annual conference aimed at bringing community and nonprofit leaders, researchers, policymakers and people across the country together to address hunger nationally and in their own communities.

The two day event explores practical solutions to hunger and each year focuses around one common theme. This year, that theme is Bridging Division, Advancing Solutions.

Jeremy Everett leads the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and joins me now to talk about this year’s summit.

Texas state senator raises concerns about homeschooling ‘loophole’ in new school voucher program

On the education front, a Texas senator is questioning what he calls a major loophole in the state’s new school voucher program.

KERA’s Sujata Dand reports.

Molly-Jo Tilton joined KWBU in 2024 as the station's Multimedia Reporter. She covers all things Waco and McLennan county for KWBU, from City Council to the local arts scene. Her work regularly appears on The Texas Standard and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered and the Texas Tribune. She also co-hosts the weekly news show, Friday Forum with the Waco Bridge.