Texas Standard for June 22, 2015
After protests and hunger strikes, freedom for scores of South Texas detainees. U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro joins Texas Standard to talk about it. Plus: $300 million in spending cuts with the stroke of the governor’s pen. What got dropped over the weekend – and what it means for the bigger picture. Also: Using well water in the Barnett Shale could be hazardous to your heath – that’s according to one of the most comprehensive groundwater studies in U.S .history. And: You can do anything if you really try. Really? We’ll hear from a Texan who went all in to learn how to dunk a basketball. All that and lots more on the Standard.

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