Texas Standard For April 16, 2019
The images captured the world: Notre Dame on fire. Yellow smoke billowing, the spire falling. We’ll have the view from Texas. And: Could a voting error land you in jail? The Texas Senate just passed a bill to increase the penalties of so-called voter fraud. We’ll explore. Also: More states are allowing certain teachers and staff to carry guns in schools, but there’s no federal standard to govern the trend. Plus: Off the coast of Texas: old oil rigs are actually benefiting the environment, and what’s causing ship wreckage that’s been around for more than a century to disappear now. All those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard:

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