Texas Standard For October 12, 2017
As Congress gets ready to approve hurricane aid money, Gov. Abbot sends a message to the Texas delegation – get a spine! We’ll hear why the governors so angry over the relief package set for a vote in the house. And: Why lots of folks in hard-hit Victoria are feeling left high and dry by relief efforts so far. Also: A win for opponents of solitary confinement in Texas, and why some say it doesn’t go far enough. Plus: Outside a rural Texas town perhaps best known for kolaches: the first legal cannabis dispensary in the Lone Star State is opening, but it’s quite unlike those in California. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard: