The top local stories this morning from KERA News:
Local, state and national experts today will discuss possible solutions to food insecurity at the fifth annual Dallas Hunger Summit.
Panelists at today’s summit, organized by Children At Risk, include officials with the U.S. Agriculture Department, area food banks and hospitals.
Other stories this morning:
- The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved a $9 billion bill that benefit water projects across the state. Among them, more than $500 million for a flood control and economic development project in Fort Worth.
- In our Friday Conversation, Fort Worth lawyer Kimberlee Norris talks about the program she created to teach church officials how to spot and prevent child abuse.
- Security measures will be stepped up for Sunday’s Dallas PRIDE parade and festival. More Dallas officers will be on patrol in light of attacks earlier this year on gay men in the Oak Lawn neighborhood in Dallas and shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
