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Some of the nation’s most powerful Republican politicians are in Dallas this week for the annual convention of the American Legislative Exchange Council – known as ALEC. There was action inside and protests outside.

Cindy Sweet Moskowitz visited Israel earlier this month, and left just a few hours before Israeli troops moved into Gaza. 

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: A group that helped write tough anti-immigration laws in Farmers Branch held its annual meeting in Dallas.

More than 100 demonstrators showed up Wednesday at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, where the American Legislative Exchange Council was holding its annual meeting. One of the protest headliners was Jim Hightower, former Texas agriculture commissioner.

Earlier this month, Jose Antonio Vargas was arrested by immigration officials while trying to fly home from McAllen, Texas. Today on Think, the journalist and immigration activist talked to Krys Boyd about the arrest and about going public with his undocumented status after living in the U.S. for more than 20 years.

The Fort Worth doctor who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia has improved slightly. The relief group Samaritan’s Purse said today that Dr. Kent Brantly is in serious condition.

Richardson native Mariam Muhanna fell in love with a man from Gaza City. Last month, she traveled there to marry him. A week after their wedding, bombs destroyed parts of the city, killing four of her relatives. 

Five stories that have North Texas talking: a Plano man generates national buzz for his water balloon invention; legalizing gay marriage in Texas would generate $182 million in economic impact; David Sedaris is coming back to Dallas; and more.

Years after covering conflict in Afghanistan, Anna Badkhen returned to the country in 2011, traveling through a roadless desert to a poor village called Oqa. Tonight, Badkhen speaks at The Wild Detectives bookstore in Oak Cliff. 

The drought has tested industries across Texas in the last few years -- and it's even had an impact on beer.