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Newsreel: RedState Women, Equal Pay, Kinky Friedman

This week in the Newsreel: Candidates for governor take on the equal pay issue, and Kinky Friedman ponders the merits of hemp production in Texas.

By Justin DehnMarch 20, 2014, 4:01 p.m. CentralUpdated March 20, 2014, 4:01 p.m. Central

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Newsreel: RedState Women, Equal Pay, Kinky Friedman

by Justin Dehn, The Texas Tribune
March 20, 2014

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<p>This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The latest issue in the race for governor is equal pay for women, and Democrats are seizing the opportunity to attract female voters. Also, Kinky Friedman, in a runoff for state agriculture commissioner against Jim Hogan, stopped by a TribLive conversation to talk about pot.</p>
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Newsreel: RedState Women, Equal Pay, Kinky Friedman

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March 20, 2014

This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The latest issue in the race for governor is equal pay for women, and Democrats are seizing the opportunity to attract female voters. Also, Kinky Friedman, in a runoff for state agriculture commissioner against Jim Hogan, stopped by a TribLive conversation to talk about pot.

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