Texas Standard for May 17, 2016

The Texas Foster Care System is broken. We’ll explore one state representative’s plan to work towards fixing it. Also: High lead levels causing health concerns and we’re not talking about Flint but right here in Texas, at state-run facilities. We’ll have the details. Plus: How a lack of phone service is causing a life-or-death situation in rural Texas. And: We’ll look why its more challenging for women to get help with addiction recovery. Also: An East Texas man sees for the first time in decades thanks to a bionic eye. Those stories and lots more today on the Texas Standard: