Texas Standard For October 18, 2019
This time it seems it’s for real: the Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who’s caught up in the impeachment inquiry, is coming home to Texas – we’ll have the latest on his return. Other stories we’re tracking: Fort Worth is the biggest city in Texas without a police oversight board: After last weekend’s police shooting of a resident lawfully in her own home, people are asking if greater oversight would it have made a difference. And: The week that was in politics with The Texas Tribune, and much more today on the Texas Standard:

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