Wade Goodwyn

Wade Goodwyn appears in the following:

Sandra Bland Recorded Her Own Video Of The 2015 Traffic Stop Arrest

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Video of Sandra Bland during a 2015 traffic stop in Texas surfaced Monday. The recording shows Bland's confrontation with a combative officer. Bland was found hanging in a jail cell three days later.

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Business Leaders Oppose 'License To Discriminate' Against LGBT Texans

Monday, May 06, 2019

Texas legislators are considering a bill that would allow professionals to deny service to people based on religious beliefs. Critics say the law would sanction discrimination against LGBT Texans.

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Abuse By Boy Scout Leaders More Widespread Than Earlier Thought

Friday, April 26, 2019

Newly revealed court testimony suggests the Boy Scouts of America had considerably more leaders involved in the sexual abuse of minors than previously thought.

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Boy Scouts Of America Estimates More Than 12,000 Victims Of Sexual Abuse

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Newly exposed court testimony suggests the Boy Scouts of America had considerably more leaders involved in the sexual abuse of minors than previously thought.

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Texas Executes Man Convicted In 1998 Murder Of James Byrd Jr.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

John King was convicted in the dragging death of a 49-year-old black man, one of the most gruesome hate crimes in modern U.S. history. Two decades later, Jasper residents struggle with what happened.

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Lack Of Data Processing During Government Shutdown Compounds Economic Effects

Sunday, January 20, 2019

As the partial government shutdown drags on, more people, organizations and entire state governments are feeling the pain. The trickle-down in places like Texas blossoms as the shutdown continues.

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Trump Visits Border As Talks To End Shutdown Produce No Results

Friday, January 11, 2019

President Trump visited McAllen, Texas, Thursday to push for funding for a wall along the Mexican border. Reaction was mixed as a partial government shutdown is about to enter its fourth week.

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The View From McAllen, Texas, As Trump Continues His Call For A Border Wall

Thursday, January 10, 2019

President Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, as he tries to increase pressure on lawmakers to end the partial government shutdown and give him funding for the border wall.

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Native American Adoption Law Challenged As Racially Biased

Monday, December 17, 2018

A federal judge has ruled the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act unconstitutional because it gives Native American families preferential treatment in adoptions of American Indian children.

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Addressing Veteran Suicides In Song And Prose

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Dan Johnson is a Texas singer and songwriter who's launched a non-profit called Operation Hemingway to educate the public, and especially veterans, about the warning signs of suicide.

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Battle For U.S. Senate Seat Has Some Texan Voters Anxious About Results

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

Texans have turned out in record numbers to vote this year. In fact, more people in the state voted early than in the entire 2014 midterms. The biggest race is for a Senate seat.

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A Brutal Lynching And A Possible Confession, Decades Later

Saturday, October 27, 2018

A recent book recounts the brutal lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. In it, the woman who accused the boy of assault admits she was lying. The FBI has reopened the murder investigation.

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New York Sues ExxonMobil

Thursday, October 25, 2018

New York's attorney general is suing ExxonMobil, alleging the Texas-based energy giant misled investors on climate-change risk.

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Beto O'Rourke Goes On The Attack Against Ted Cruz

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Lagging in the polls, the Democratic Senate candidate has entered a new phase in his attempt to pull off a big upset in the Texas race for U.S. Senate. Attack ads followed a fiery debate on Tuesday.

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The Latest On Where The Texas Senate Race Stands

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been gaining in polls, with more attacks on his Democratic opponent. Meanwhile, Rep. Beto O'Rourke has accumulated record fundraising. They met in a debate Tuesday night.

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Funeral Held For Botham Jean

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Family and friends buried Botham Jean on Thursday. He was shot to death inside his apartment by a Dallas police officer who says she mistook his apartment for her own — but many questions remain.

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News Brief: Hurricane Latest, Funeral For Botham Jean, CBS Fires Executive

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Hurricane Florence weakened slightly as it continued to blast toward the Carolinas. Also, an update on the off-duty Dallas police officer who shot a neighbor and CBS firing a 60 Minutes executive.

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To Win Texas, Beto O'Rourke Is Running To The Left

Friday, August 17, 2018

The Democratic congressman is challenging GOP Sen. Ted Cruz. He's making a bet that firing up liberals is the way to win, instead of running to the center as Democrats in red states often do.

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Texas Democrats Fired Up Over Rep. Beto O'Rourke's Progressive Platform

Monday, August 13, 2018

Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke is firing up Democrats as he challenges GOP Sen. Ted Cruz's re-election bid. O'Rourke is staking out progressive positions instead of tacking to the middle in the deep red state.

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Planned Parenthood, State AGs Blast 'Barbarous' Effort To Mute Abortion Info

Thursday, August 02, 2018

The Trump adminstration's goal is to establish a firewall between taxpayers and health care providers who might give women abortion information. Critics call the proposed changes a "gag rule."

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