Madeline Fening heard the break whistle at Austin city pools and just had to know why it was so dramatic.
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Texas Standard: July 4, 2016
What if British businesses staged their own miniature Brexits and moved to Texas? We’ll explore Governor Greg Abbott’s British Invasion. Plus attention big oil: you’ve been subpoenaed. Why California’s attorney general is investigating some of the biggest names in Texas energy. They promise miraculous cures thru stem cell technology…but experts warn a lot of it’s snake oil. Bogus stem cell clinics and why they’re big in Texas. And ready for a dip? Who wants to be lifeguard? That’s the problem… a lifeguard shortage some are calling a crisis. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard: