{"id":241126,"date":"2026-04-08T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241126\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:44:10","slug":"texas-evening-briefing-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241126\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Evening Briefing April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening, Texas. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

A humid air mass develops across Texas this week, bringing a low to medium chance of showers and thunderstorms. Showers and storms start Thursday in South and Central Texas, arriving in North Texas on Friday. This unsettled weather pattern continues into the weekend and early next week, with a few strong\/severe storms possible early next week. Temperatures will rise into the 70s and 80s, with lows in the 60s.<\/p>\n

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Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0State Board of Education considers controversial social studies curriculum with Bible stories<\/a><\/p>\n

With a Republican push for more of a focus on Christian history and values in social studies curriculum, there\u2019s an ongoing debate about how and what history Texas students should learn.<\/p>\n

The State Board of Education\u2019s proposed social studies curriculum is a chronological history focusing primarily on Texas and U.S. history over world history in kindergarten through eighth grade. One former educator is worried it would give students a narrow worldview framed around a Texas lens.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0I<\/a>ntel announces plans to join Elon Musk’s Terafab project<\/a><\/p>\n

Semiconductor manufacturing company Intel announced on Tuesday that it will help with Elon Musk\u2019s $20 billion chip-manufacturing facility project.<\/p>\n

The company posted the news on X, a social media platform owned by Musk, saying that it would join the Terafab project\u2014a joint venture between Musk\u2019s companies Tesla, SpaceX and xAI. In the post, Intel said it will \u201chelp refactor silicon fab technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Fertilizer price increases affecting Texas agriculture industry<\/a><\/p>\n

The war in Iran has impacted a number of industries, including agriculture. The price of fertilizer is on the rise due to the ongoing conflict that has crippled the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of uncertainty in agriculture from the moment a seed is planted to the time of harvest. Several factors can determine whether a farmer has a successful season or not and now the war in Iran has added even more uncertainty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Notes for Tomorrow<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 9<\/p>\n

Q4 2025 final growth figures published
\nGDP by state
\nUnemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report – Initial Claims
\nCourt hears Sean “Diddy” Combs’ appeal against prostitution sentence
\nThe Masters golf opening round at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. Rory McIlroy won last year’s tournament
\nNCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four begins
\nWorld Press Photo Contest global winners announced. Photo of the Year announced April 23, ahead of the exhibition opening
\nPress preview for exhibition exploring artists’ interpretation of American experience at National Gallery<\/p>\n

In Case You Missed It
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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) takes a shot over Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo\/Tony Avelar)<\/p>\n

Spurs rule out Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle for their game against Trail Blazers<\/a><\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle will miss the Spurs’ game Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening, Texas. We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1973,1226,82,84,83,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-241126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-app-evening-briefing","9":"tag-christine-sanchez","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","12":"tag-san-antonio-news","13":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}