Texas Standard for July 29, 2016
A front row seat to history? We can do better than that. Dallas sheriff Lupe Valdez on the view from the podium on that historic night. Plus: Disorder in the court? A federal challenge to the way Texas picks its top judges. And: The aging population of the lone star state are Texas towns and cities ready? Plus: In some state facilities, levels of lead as bad at Flint, Michigan. What’s being done and what isn’t. Also: 50 years after the Texas tower shooting, what’s changed when it comes to guns? Plus: The week in Texas politics and much more, today on the Texas Standard:

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