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Top Stories: Biking To Work, Protesting Home Appraisals

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The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: Friday’s commute will see more bikers on the road as cyclists tackle 'Bike To Work Day. And one Dallas class is trying to teach newcomers essential road etiquette.

Other stories this afternoon: County property appraisal notices are out. And in many cases, your house is worth more. Higher demand for housing pushed up residential property values nine to 13 percent in some North Texas counties. But protesting is an option.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.