Texas Standard For September 13, 2018
Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolinas. But closer to home, officials in south Texas claim after flooding there, they got stiffed by FEMA, we’ll have the latest. And: We thought there were big discrepancies in health care for minorities, but now the agency examining those inequities has been nixed. We’ll hear why and what it means. Also: A year after a major quake in Mexico City killing more than 300, a new report blames corruption for many of the buildings that toppled. We’ll have details of the investigation. Plus: Tighten those crash helmets: Texas cities are on a collision course with electric scooters. Those stories and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:

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