Texas Standard For October 31, 2017
You know about the looting as Harvey struck Texas. You sure about that? We’ll explore why the numbers and the narrative don’t match. And: With Joe Straus not returning as House Speaker, social conservatives in the Texas GOP are cheering, but some politics watchers out west wonder if that’s not premature. Why some think a race in the Panhandle could reverberate across Texas. Also: Veterans from the fighting in Afghanistan blame military open burn pits for health care issues, but their options for seeking relief are closing. Plus: A fix for hackable voting systems developed in Texas, and why it may never be deployed. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard:

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