Texas Standard for July 25, 2018
The Trump administration is trying to offset losses in a trade war by giving American farmers $12 billion. Some are wondering if this is just a band-aid on a self-inflicted wound. Also, another effect of the president’s so-called zero tolerance policy is “no place for local prisoners to go.” We discuss with the Hidalgo County sheriff about a worsening space crisis. Sam Houston State University has a prescription for the shortage in rural doctors: their own – and brand new – medical school. And Politifact checks whether Beto O’Rourke has narrowed the gap with opponent Ted Cruz to just two percentage points. On today’s Texas Standard
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