Texas Standard for May 7, 2015
Texas legalization of recreational marijuana is no longer just a pipe dream, as two historic bills get the green light. Plus: What’s so hard about monitoring terrorist Twitter feeds? The Garland attack raises questions of how to spot imminent threats online. And: Skip school – go to jail? Just whose side is the truant officer really on? A real world education in efforts to stop truancy. And the jailhouse snitch – should they be allowed to testify in capital cases? These stories and much more on the national news show of Texas.

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