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Top Stories: Lupe Valdez Kicks Off Campaign In Dallas

Christopher Connelly
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KERA News

The top local stories this morning:

Lupe Valdez kicked off her campaign for governor in Dallas yesterday. She’s among 10 candidates seeking the Democratic Party nomination in the March 6 primary.

Other stories this morning:

  • Rev. Jesse Jackson is among the long list of famous people who live with Parkinson’s Disease. Though there’s no cure, Dr. Gregg Shalan with Methodist Dallas Medical Center says there are ways to manage the disease.

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

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.