Texas Standard For March 2, 2018
With primary day fast approaching, reporters reading the Texas political tea leaves are seeing more blue. Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post joins us today on the Standard. And: Southeast Texans remember trying to get around during hurricane Harvey. Doesn’t have to be a storm that big, sometimes heavy downpours make Texas roads impassable, but you don’t know know about it until it’s too late–now there may be a fix in the works. Also: A growing scandal over college basketball players accepting money – and a proposal to fix it that’s getting a lot more attention: What about letting them accept the money? Plus: The week in Texas politics with the Texas Tribune. And and much more:

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