David Martin Davies
David Martin Davies is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering Texas, the border and Mexico.
Davies is the host of "The Source," an hour-long live call-in news program that airs on KSTX at noon Monday through Thursday. Since 1999 he was been the host and producer of "Texas Matters," a weekly radio news magazine and podcast that looks at the issues, events and people in the Lone Star State.
Davies' reporting has been featured on National Public Radio, American Public Media's "Marketplace" and the BBC. He has written for The San Antonio Light, The San Antonio Express-News, The Texas Observer and other publications.
His reporting has been recognized with numerous awards. In 2019 Davies was honored with a National Edward R. MurrowAward for his radio documentary exposing human sex trafficking. Davies was also awarded in 2019 by the Public Radio News Directors Inc. for best talk show. Davies was named the 2008 Texas Radio Journalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club. In 2019 he was recognized with a First Amendment Awards by the Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Association for Women in Communications San Antonio Professional Chapter honored Davies with the 2015 Edna McGaffey Media Excellence Headliner Award.
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Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, arrived back in the Minneapolis area on Sunday morning after being released under a federal court order. -
U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio and Jasmine Crockett of Dallas said conditions they observed Wednesday inside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley amount to "inhumanity." The two Democrats urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and other children. -
A protest broke out Saturday at the South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained. -
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, "Henry, I don't know you, but you can sleep well tonight — your nightmare is finally over!" -
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur. -
Someone who has since tested positive for measles was in San Marcos in the afternoon and evening of Friday, Feb. 14. Symptoms can take several days to weeks to appear. -
An unusual legal move has bought more time for a Texas man who was set to be executed Thursday evening. -
It was a short-lived victory for the federal government over Texas’ anti-migrant border buoys. The day after a federal judge ordered the buoys' removal, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay. -
The string of wrecking ball-sized buoys is the centerpiece of what Abbott calls “Operation Lone Star,” which also includes razor wire on the riverbank and arresting migrants for trespassing. Texas Public Radio takes us by kayak to the barrier and to the people it's trying to keep out.
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Emails from the Texas Department of Public Safety allege state troopers witnessed several incidents of migrant abuse in Eagle Pass as part of Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott's controversial border security initiative. State officials deny the allegations.
