Texas Standard For October 18, 2017

Sixteen people killed in a hot air balloon crash outside of Lockhart last year. The cause? In part, investigators say is a missing-in-action FAA. We’ll have the latest. And: It’s being described as what could be the biggest payout since the VW emissions scandal, and the lawyers are circling. How the government could be on the hook, post-Harvey. Also: A University of Texas seismology team shakes things up, flipping the switch on the biggest earthquake monitoring network in the nation. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard: