The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: This year, all 36 of Texas’ congressional representatives are up for re-election. Yet most observers only consider one of those races to actually be competitive. Part of that reason has to do with how the districts themselves are drawn.
Other stories this afternoon:
- On Tuesdays, KERA’s One Crisis Away project looks at life on the financial edge. Texans are struggling to pay for housing, despite the state’s reputation as an affordable place to live. Emily Ryder Perlmeter at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is studying the issue, and she talks about why it’s so difficult to build affordable developments in North Texas.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
