Texas Standard For July 13, 2018
Can the U.S. reduce the number of asylum seekers without leaving them in limbo? Talks are underway Friday with Mexico, we’ll explore the plan and its prospects. And: If you’re traveling from Dallas to the Texas capitol in 20 minutes, you sure ain’t on IH-35. Instead, it’s the promise of a planned new transport system called the hyperloop. But how much of it is hype? Also: Round up the herbicides. Texas A&M develops a clever way to kill the weeds currently choking Texas cotton growers. Plus: State versus city: headed soon for the courts? And: The week in Texas politics with the Texas Tribune, and much more today on the Standard:

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