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From The Newsroom: Facebook In Fort Worth; Challenging LGBT Lit For Kids

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Facebook will begin construction today on a new data center in north Fort Worth. The campus will sit on 110 acres.

Also, Hood County issued its first same-sex marriage license yesterday. The debate there has carried over the the public library. Parents are asking librarians to remove LGBT children's books from their shelves. KERA's Stella Chavez checks in with local librarians. 

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.