Texas Standard for March 20, 2017
The flood that most of Texas forgot. A city was almost wiped off the map, but where are they now? We’ll return to Deweyville and check in. And: We’ve been warned there’d be less money and cutbacks in the state budget. But what if a lack of money really wasn’t the problem? The executive editor of the Texas Tribune says its not…he’ll explain. Also: The Texas governor is leading a push for a new Constitutional Convention. But listeners wonder if it’s for real and what it would mean. We’ll look for answers. Plus: What did they say was the hardest part? The waiting game becomes the latest big oil play. Those stories and lots more today on the Texas Standard:

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