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February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

Texas Standard

By: David Brown

What’s the difference between right and wrong? After the sniper trial a proposal to change the insanity defense. And, the right to try-a push for experimental drugs. Yik Yak-yuk? A social media platform aimed at colleges- and colleges are firing back. Also, why are so many Texas kids leaving college money on the table? Plus, a name synonymous with Texas football confesses his greatest move wasn’t on the gridiron, but on graduation day. All that and more on the Texas Standard:

February 25, 2015

February 25, 2015

Texas Standard

By: David Brown

As the courts brace for battle over halting deportations, where’s the outrage over the other unilateral immigration action? Plus, the Texas tax cuts of 2015 — will they happen, who’ll keep their money and why? Also, youngsters step up to school the rest of us on the trouble with coeducation in Texas. And after the thaw, tips on getting your hands dirty. All that and more on the Texas Standard:

February 24, 2015

February 24, 2015

Texas Standard

By: David Brown

Unsubstantiated shootings and allegations of excessive force–now a test begins to police the border patrol. Plus, a company turning the field of foster care into a cash cow. Also, anti-feminist, anti-freedom, anti-modern, pro-beheadings-what could make a paternalistic death cult attractive to teenage girls? And, closer to home, the return of Billy the Kid-notorious outlaw-think again. All this, and much more, on today’s episode of the Standard.

February 23, 2015

February 23, 2015

Texas Standard

By: Casey Cheek

Winter storm watches and warnings stretch across the top two-thirds of Texas, a deadline to fund homeland security and a showdown in Washington to tie funding to immigration policy. A South Texas prison riot is under control, but for how long? And what do the Koch Brothers, the Sierra Club and the founder of Space X have in common and why are they joining forces? All that and more on the the Texas Standard:

February 20, 2015

February 20, 1015

Texas Standard

By: David Brown

A license was filed, and Texas’ first legal same-sex marriage was performed – unless it never really happened? Plus: Who foots the bill for Border Security? An Oscars check-in to see which Texans will make us proud. A teenager angling for a trip to Mars, and tiny’s the next big thing in social networks. All that and more, on the Standard:

February 19, 2015

February 19, 2015

Texas Standard

By: David Brown

The first ever same-sex couple was married in Texas today. A top Texas economist warns that within hours, there could be a total bank collapse in Greece. Also, a new plan to calculate all the costs of electricity in Texas. And the barbecue wars of 2015. All that, and much more, on today’s episode of the Standard:

February 18, 2015

February 18, 2015

Texas Standard

By: David Brown

Ethics in Texas politics and the road to the U.S. as thousands of Syrians flee the fighting. A Texas experiment puts women against men in a simulated Wall Street and do we Texans have our own language. All that, and much more, on today’s episode of the Standard:

February 17, 2015

February 17, 2015

Texas Standard

By: David Brown

Chemical weapons in Iraq seized by US forces 10 years ago. Does this rewrite the history of the Iraq conflict? Also a story that affects millions across Texas and far beyond as a Texas judge stops President Obama’s anti-deportation order in its tracks. One two three stoplight, a Texas lawmaker plans to put the brakes on red light cameras. Also musician, author and actor Steve Earle tells us why he’s gone from Texas for good. All that plus much more on today’s episode of the Standard:

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