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Charles Blain focuses on the issues impacting urban and suburban communities now that will shape the future of Texas for years to come. Texas Tomorrow, a show dedicated to covering the issues important to families living in the fastest growing parts of Texas.

June 11, 2026

Corpus Christi’s Cost of Indecision

Texas’ eighth-largest city is on track to become one of the first major U.S. cities to run short of water — and it just spent 15 hours deciding...
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