Texas Standard For July 2, 2019
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar talks with us a day after touring detention facilities and finding out she was the target of comments on a secret Facebook group. That secret Facebook group is reportedly made up of at least some current and former Border Patrol agents. The content is at times disturbing. We’ll have more. And: It looks like a deadline to print the U.S. census was missed. Why it matters and what’s next. Also: Have you been to a Texas state park lately? Many are overcrowded and in disrepair. Why Texans will soon have a chance to fix that. Plus: Celebrating the anniversary of a woman’s right to vote with the recognition that the reality of that right was uneven. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:
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