Texas Standard For January 30, 2019
People have been flocking to the Lone Star State for its economy, but is a good job the key to the good life in Texas? We’ll take a look at the unreported face of household hardship. One problem with the poverty line: what it fails to factor in. A new report shows more working Texans struggling with economic hardship than you might think. And: A politifact check on the cost of illegal immigration. Also: It’s not just what you say but how you say it: an expert linguist decodes the governor’s Texas twang. All that and so much more today on the Texas Standard:
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./KUT
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