Texas Standard For April 6, 2018
There aren’t enough people willing to work, or so say Texas shrimpers. Now the Texas agriculture commission is asking the feds for help. We’ll hear what he’s hoping for. And: A year ago, nearly 250 people were laid off from a factory in Fort Worth. Now they’re being asked to come back and the plant is on the rebound. A locomotive company rediscovers it mojo. Plus: The week in Texas politics, and so much more, today on the Texas Standard:
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./KUT
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