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From The Newsroom: The Legislature's Last Week; Smart Apartments For Seniors

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: With less than a week left in the legislative session, Texas lawmakers are trying to get a slew of bills passed.

A North Texan who visited Nepal to help with earthquake relief describes what he saw in his home country.

And finally, UT Arlington researchers have designed a smart apartment that would help seniors live independently.

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.