Texas Standard for May 30, 2017
Out with a scuffle – the final hours of the regular Texas legislative session were marked with protests and threats. We’ll break it down. In actual legislative news we’ll take a look back at the session and evaluate how lawmakers did when it came to measures affecting children. Also: Is Texas still running the type of open, transparent government leaders used to pride themselves on? Also: After a two-year slump in crude prices, oil fields are picking back up. What a recent decision by OPEC will do to the oil industry. Those stories and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:
Ilana Panich-Linsman/KUT
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