Texas Standard For July 23, 2019
It’s not just protesters in Puerto Rico. From Killeen to El Paso and beyond, Texans with ties to the territory join a push to get its governor to resign. We’ll have the latest. And: El Chapo, the drug lord convicted in a U.S. court last week, is ordered to forfeit a multibillion dollar fortune. But not so fast, says Mexico’s president. We’ll hear more. Also: A vital vein running from Midland across the Great Plains is running dry. What does it mean for farms and towns across west Texas and beyond? All of that and more today on the Texas Standard:
David Freid
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