Whether on the national stage or among Texas candidates, lines are being drawn this primary season.
Remember Texas in January? It may feel like ages ago, but the conventional wisdom back then was that around these parts, where Democrats have had it rough in recent years, there would be a serious fight in the suburbs. Democratic centrists saw a serious chance to make big inroads. And this narrative, affirmed by early polls, held that Joe Biden was the favorite to win among Texas Democrats. Well, what a difference a month has made. Not only has Bernie Sanders pulled into the lead among Democrats in Texas polls, but a former New York mayor and billionaire named Michael Bloomberg has spent hundreds of millions of dollars turning Texas into a launching pad for his candidacy. For the first time, he’s set to appear on the Democratic debate stage tonight. Texas means quite something else to another billionaire in the race: Tom Steyer. It may be his last best shot at saving his candidacy. Check out our conversation with him among this week's editors' picks, below. (And while we’re talking about debates, make sure to revisit this discussion with the Democratic Senate candidates looking to take on John Cornyn this fall.) Let us know what you think – and until next Wednesday, we'll see you on the radio. 
- David Brown

Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer Says The Threat Of Climate Change Requires An Economic Overhaul


"If we’re going to actually move to clean energy, we’re going to also have to rebuild affordable housing around this country. We’re going to have to create public transportation."
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Big Bend Works To Engage With Energy Producers Before Development Happens


Oil and gas production dominates further north, but solar and wind farms are likely to be more common in the Big Bend area.
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Why Quantum Computing Gets Special Attention In Trump’s Budget Proposal


Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics to solve highly complex problems more quickly than standard computers.
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Four Texas Cities Receive 'Bird City' Certification


The Texas Parks and Wildlife designation recognizes communities that have prioritized bird conservation and habitat.
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Regular listeners – or Dallas residents, for that matter – may know a controlled implosion in North Texas over the weekend didn’t go quite according to plan. Here’s the backstory on what’s been called the Leaning Tower of Dallas: on Sunday, an 11-story building near downtown Dallas was imploded to make way for new construction. But as The Dallas Morning News noted, a large, interior concrete column, including the building’s elevator shaft, refused to topple. And with a characteristic lean to one side, the tower’s become the city’s newest selfie destination. (One of our regular commenters on Twitter, @jimmyo, tweeted us his own pictures.) As noted yesterday, a wrecking crew is expected to knock it down shortly should gravity not finish the job. But now, some satirically-minded Dallasites say not so fast: they’ve launched an online petition to preserve the tower as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Remember how well that went for the Alamo?) While it’s hard to see these cheeky efforts succeeding, there’s something oddly touching about the way my childhood home of Dallas has rallied around the tower, making the most of an unexpected situation.
- Wells Dunbar
@wellsdunbar
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