From The Newsroom: Rick Santorum In North Texas; Playing For Scholarship Money

KERA | By Krystina Martinez

Published October 13, 2015 at 8:50 AM CDT

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2014.

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was in Fort Worth yesterday to talk about his plans to overhaul the tax code.

Also, Texas lawmakers want answers from the state Health and Human Services Commission as to why the agency spent $2 million on a flawed research project on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Finally, Bill Zeeble reports on a scholarship contestthat doesn’t require the usual essay.

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Krystina Martinez

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.

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