State of Texas - December 14, 2025

The field is set for the race to become the next U.S. Senator from Texas.  The newest candidate to join the field is shaking up the campaign.  Dylan McKim digs deeper into polling, and we speak with Jim Henson with the Texas Politics Project to explore what voters say they want from the candidates.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are each touting plans to cut property taxes in Texas.  Abbott wants to eliminate school property taxes, but Patrick is skeptical about that idea.  Adam Schwager looks at the competing visions and the potential conflict between the state's top leaders.

Politics is often described with terms from war, and sometimes it seems like a battlefield of sorts.  But one group is trying to change that, believing it's time to build, not fight.  Will DuPree speaks with the executive director of the Builders Movement to explore a different way to push for policy solutions.

Newly-released 9-1-1 calls are giving new insight into the overwhelming emergency facing first responders on the night of the July floods in Kerr County.  Kelly Wiley and Kevin Baskar dig deeper into calls that capture the urgency as the river rose rapidly in the middle of the night.

State of Texas is a statewide, in-depth program focused solely on Texas politics. Produced at KXAN in Austin and airing in 14 markets across the state, the show gives viewers greater perspective on the Texas Legislature, state policy and elections.