Texas Standard For July 31, 2019
On the national stage in Detroit, a declaration that Texas is in play for the Democrats in 2020. We’ll have a Texas take on Tuesday’s Democratic debate. And: The president’s border wall gets real for Starr county. NPR’s John Burnett tells us what he’s learned about nearly 100 miles of new fencing. Also: A Politifact check about whether crime at the border’s gone way down. Plus: An historic agreement on bail reform in Texas’ biggest county. Those stories and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:

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