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Texas Standard For July 30, 2020
The complicated formula for funding schools in Texas now adds five letters and two numbers: COVID-19. How should we fund schools while in the midst of a global pandemic? The push and pull, we’ll have more. And: We also learn about the movement born out of the murder of Fort Hood soldier Vannesa Guillen: NoMás. What it means to say No More. Also: Have you heard about “hygiene theater?” Does it make us safer? We’ll find out. Plus: We take a look at the growing pains of oil production in Texas – an industry much touted by the president during his visit Wednesday. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:
Gabriel Cristóver Pérez/KUT
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