Texas Standard for February 24, 2017
What does the Trump administration really have in store for the next 4 years? Don’t say nobody warned ya. And: Social media and text messaging are suspected behind skyrocketing numbers of inappropriate student-teacher relationships in Texas. What to do? The Texas legislature now stepping in. Also: a rare conversation with the judge who’s likely to be at the center of a forthcoming wave of lawsuits over a southern wall. NPR’s John Burnett joins us to talk about it. Plus: Texas leads the nation in wind power, but it’s been so successful they’re having to give away power…what if they could store it? What could be a breakthrough.

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Host David Brown interviews a guest in the studio.
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