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From The Newsroom: Opportunity Index Shows Texas Is Behind; Longtime Dallas Film Critic Dies

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The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: This year’s Opportunity Index was just released. It’s an annual big-data report that ranks states on how easy it is for people to improve their lives financially, and Texas ranks in the bottom third.

Timothy Bray helps break down the numbers, he heads the Urban Policy Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas.

And remembering longtime Dallas film critic Philip Wuntch. 

You can listen to the top local news stories weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.