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Top Stories: Discussing Tent City’s Closure; The Truth Behind Pastoral Medicine

Stephanie Kuo/KERA News
Tent City's population has nearly quadrupled in the last six months.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: The Dallas City Council today will discuss plans to shut down a homeless encampment known as Tent City.

City leaders want the settlement shut down by early May. About 300 people live in Tent City, and it spans about four blocks under a stretch of I-45 near downtown.

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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.