Texas Standard for April 10, 2017
In an arm wrestling match between Dan Patrick and Joe Straus, who wins? Wanna bet $218 billion on it? It looks like a power shift: From bathroom choice to school choice, a string of defeats for high-profile bills raises a question at the capitol. Who’s really in charge here? R.G. Ratcliffe of Texas Monthly has an assessment. And: Reports of crime down – way down – in parts of Houston. So why does the police chief in the nation’s most diverse city say that’s bad news? Those stories and lots more, today on the Texas Standard:

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