Texas Standard For April 29, 2019
The State of Texas to to pay half a million dollars in legal fees and rescind its plan to check the citizenship of registered voters, we’ll have the latest. And: Now what’s happening in the Texas oilfield resembles a certain superhero-filled Hollywood blockbuster. Also: The part of Texas’ death row seldom heard about on the news. Plus: Abilene is rediscovering a chapter of its history that many would like to forget. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:
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