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From the Newsroom: Gubernatorial Candidates Speak Out On Education; Making Cities Healthy

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In today's All Things Considered local block from the KERA Newsroom: 

State Attorney General Greg Abbott, Senator Wendy Davis, and Senator Leticia Van De Putte all vowed to make education their top issue in the November election. All three spoke at a statewide teachers meeting today in Fort Worth.

And how one border town created a “culture of health” to deal with high numbers of chronic illness.

You can listen to the segment weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.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.