Texas Standard For September 21, 2018
You’ve heard of the Friday night lights? On this September 21, the main event across Texas is the Friday night fight: Cruz versus O’Rourke. It’ll be live nationwide, will you be tuning in? R.G. Ratcliffe of Texas Monthly joins us with a guide to tonight’s first of three debates between Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke and the GOP incumbent, Ted Cruz. And: You’ve heard about the wall? As arguments continue over funding, legal walls go up in the nation’s most diverse city: we’ll explain. Also: The week in Texas politics with the Texas Tribune, and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:

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