Texas Standard For February 12, 2019
In the West Texas town of El Paso, a political duel over immigration between a president and a popular Texan who might want to be one. We’ll have analysis of the rallies in El Paso as President DonaldTrump launches his reelection campaign, and Beto O’Rourke gauges whether to launch a White House run of his own. And: A judge taps the brakes on the Texas bullet train. We’ll hear how and what it means for plans to link Houston and Dallas by high speed rail. Also: What a Dollar Store invasion of rural and poorer communities in Texas might really cost. All of those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard: