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From The Newsroom: Closing The Skills Gap; Exploring Texas Civil War History

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: A booming economy is producing jobs, but Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and others say too few people have the skills to do those jobs. 

Also, the Friday Conversation tackles Texas' Civil War legacy.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.