Texas Standard For September 15, 2017
With the risk to lives now reduced, if not completely eliminated, as we enter the next post Harvey phase, did pre-storm preparations pay off? We’ll explore. And: After 81 years: a crane removed a giant monument to confederate General Robert E Lee from a Dallas park. Also: Today: word that no less an official than Gov. Greg Abbott will meet to discuss the fate of other confederate memorials, namely those on the Capitol grounds. A turning point? We’ll have the latest. Those stories and lots more today on the Texas Standard:
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