Dallas Streets to be Blocked in President's New Neighborhood
Listen Dallas, TX – A Preston Hollow neighborhood in Dallas is expected to become a "gated" community today. KERA's BJ Austin says it's preparation for the arrival of the Bush's - the President and...
View ArticleCommentary: Presidents and Preachers
Dallas, TX – Barack Obama as president-elect caused some controversy - certainly among gays and lesbians -when he chose the conservative evangelical minister Rick Warren to give the opening prayer at...
View ArticleCommentary: Obama, Immigration and the Hispanic Vote
Listen Dallas, TX – Barack Obama becomes President tomorrow with mandates already on his agenda - the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan among others. But commentator Rene Martinez believes...
View ArticleEconomy Project: Some College Financial Aid Still Available
Listen Dallas, TX – Financial assistance may still be available this fall for cash-strapped college students. In today's Monday segment on the economy, KERA's Shelley Kofler visits the financial aid...
View ArticleEconomy Project: School Meals Still A Good Deal
Listen Dallas, TX – Family pocketbooks may seem a little emptier today as North Texas parents send their children back to school. Many have had to scramble for classroom supplies, clothes, school...
View ArticleLab To Test For Destructive Zebra Mussels
Listen Dallas, TX – A special lab in Denver will test water samples collected Tuesday at Lake Lavon. Biologists want to know if invasive zebra mussels have spread to the lake and beyond. KERA's...
View ArticleEconomy Project: Avoiding Foreclosure
Listen Dallas, TX – A half-million people have benefited from the Obama Administration's program to help struggling homeowners since it began last march. But to qualify you have to have income. So...
View ArticleEconomy Project: Health Insurance Discount For Unemployed
Listen Dallas, TX – If you lose a job with health insurance, the government requires employers to offer you the chance to keep those benefits for 18 months. It's called COBRA. But COBRA premiums can...
View ArticleLetters from Sendai
Listen Dallas, TX – This year many farmers were unable to plant their rice crops near Dallas' Friendship City of Sendai, Japan. The tsunami in March flooded the fields, leaving them too salty for...
View ArticleFocus on Health: Disabled Texans Affected, Even Before Cuts
Priority one for state lawmakers meeting in Austin next week is to plug a $25 billion budget shortfall. Just how big is that? Well, if you shut down all the prisons, laid off every state trooper,...
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