Texas Standard For August 28, 2018
After NAFTA, now what? The president says a new trade deal with Mexico doesn’t need Canada along for the ride. What does it mean for Texas? We’ll take a look. And: For only the second time ever, Texas politicians assemble to drum up support from the state’s disability community. Who’s saying what and do prospective voters like what they’re hearing? Also: Beto and Ted’s excellent adventure: why a filmmaker is turing a midterm “battle royale” into a motion picture. Plus: Starving in the Texas suburbs: hidden hunger and the effort to address it. And: Prehistoric insects buggin the Lone Star State? Those stories and so much more on today’s Texas Standard:

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