Texas Standard For April 18, 2018
We knew her as a first lady and political matriarch, but a thought leader? We remember Barbara Bush and her intervention in an American crisis of compassion. And: President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court appointee sides with four liberal justices in an immigration case. The shape of things to come? A Texas legal scholar has his doubts – we’ll hear why. Also: Houston’s so-called :dangerous apartment” epidemic. We’ll hear the charge and how the city’s responding. Plus: Choppy waters – a lawsuit challenges a longstanding licensing rule for maritime pilots. And in the U.S. capitol, are Texans the only statues bearing arms? We’ll Politifact-check that claim and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:

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