Texas Standard for November 30, 2016
OPEC hasn’t cut oil production since 2008. But now it’s happening – and raising prices and moods across Texas. We’ll have the latest. And two chambers, two Republican leaders, two very different ways of doing business, and two very different agendas. What the divide between Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Rep. Joe Strauss means for the rest of us. Also: What do phrases like “extraordinary rendition” have to do with a “women’s privacy” bill – or even the “alt-right”? What’s in the labels we use – and are they really worth fighting over? Plus: Do bag bans really make people sick? PolitiFact Texas weighs in. All that and much more, today on the Standard: