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Top Stories: Texas House Speaker Is Wary About Bathroom Bill; How Tarrant County Got So Red

Ryan E. Poppe / Texas Public Radio
House Speaker Joe Straus

The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News:

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says a proposal barring transgender people from using public restrooms of their choice statewide is bad for business. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick backs the so-called bathroom bill. He says it’s based on privacy concerns. 

Other stories this afternoon:

  • Texas House and Senate leaders released their budget proposals this week – and they are billions apart. 
  • Tarrant County became the most conservative metropolitan county in the country. The county has long been a GOP powerhouse, but it wasn’t always that way. KERA’s Christopher Connelly took a look at how Tarrant County got so red, and where it might go from here.

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