Texas Standard For March 1, 2018

Texas-based Academy Sports sticks to its guns, but fans of the AR-15 face a new backlash, including perhaps from the White House. And: Lloyd Doggett and Beto O’Rourke are among the Texans in Congress writing a letter to the Speaker of the House. The message: it’s time to rethink the blank check for the U.S. military in Syria. There’s a reason this push may have traction, and we’ll hear why. Also: Attention Texas home renters, have you double-checked your contract? A warning about so called landlord’s liens. Plus: Sworn to secrecy, Army vets come out of the shadows claiming health problems tied to top secret experiments. All this and more on today’s Texas Standard: