President Obama held a press conference Tuesday at 1 p.m. Dallas time to discuss the government shutdown. NPR and KERA 90.1 FM provided live coverage. NPR has the latest on the shutdown. NPR also live-blogged the president's press conference. If you missed it, you can listen here. And how is the shutdown affecting Dallas-Fort Worth and the rest of Texas? KERA is offering updates here.
Eric Aasen is KERA’s managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station’s news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to KERA radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.