© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsElizabeth MyongJournalists at The Dallas Morning News on Monday announced their plans to unionize. The union would include journalists at the newspaper, as well as Al Día Dallas, its Spanish-language sister publication. The publications are asking parent company A.H. Belo Corporation to recognize the Dallas News Guild as part of The News Guild-Communications Workers of America. The guild would cover more than 100 journalists.Union recognition would make way for contract negotiations with news...…© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsElizabeth MyongJournalists at The Dallas Morning News on Monday announced their plans to unionize. The union would include journalists at the newspaper, as well as Al Día Dallas, its Spanish-language sister publication. The publications are asking parent company A.H. Belo Corporation to recognize the Dallas News Guild as part of The News Guild-Communications Workers of America. The guild would cover more than 100 journalists.Union recognition would make way for contract negotiations with news...WW…

Voting is complicated during a typical election season, but the coronavirus pandemic has made the situation even more confusing. From what’s on the ballot to where to vote, here’s a helpful guide on what you need to know to vote on July 14 in North Texas’ runoff elections.  The primaries were originally scheduled for May, but Gov. Greg Abbott and  of the early voting period due to the coronavirus. Following the March primaries, the runoff elections include some hotly-contested races like the Democratic runoff for U.S. Senator between candidates Royce West, a Texas state...…Voting is complicated during a typical election season, but the coronavirus pandemic has made the situation even more confusing. From what’s on the ballot to where to vote, here’s a helpful guide on what you need to know to vote on July 14 in North Texas’ runoff elections.  The primaries were originally scheduled for May, but Gov. Greg Abbott and  of the early voting period due to the coronavirus. Following the March primaries, the runoff elections include some hotly-contested races like the Democratic runoff for U.S. Senator between candidates Royce West, a Texas state...WW…

© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsOne Fort Worth-area ambulance service says it has responded to about 100% more cardiac arrests this month than it did in July of 2019. serves Fort Worth and 14 surrounding cities, and it reports the number of cardiac arrest responses started skyrocketing in March, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.People often confuse heart attacks and cardiac arrests, but they’re not the same thing, said MedStar spokesperson Matt Zavadsky.“A heart attack is when the heart loses blood flow, usually through a blockage in...…© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsOne Fort Worth-area ambulance service says it has responded to about 100% more cardiac arrests this month than it did in July of 2019. serves Fort Worth and 14 surrounding cities, and it reports the number of cardiac arrest responses started skyrocketing in March, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.People often confuse heart attacks and cardiac arrests, but they’re not the same thing, said MedStar spokesperson Matt Zavadsky.“A heart attack is when the heart loses blood flow, usually through a blockage in...WW…

M.J. Hegar, the former Air Force pilot from the Austin suburb of Round Rock, narrowly defeated Royce West, the Dallas state senator, in the Democratic runoff to face Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn this fall. The Associated Press called the race shortly before midnight. Hegar held a 4-percentage-point lead, a narrower margin than in her primary matchup with West in March, but it held through the night Tuesday. In the hardest-fought North Texas congressional race, Candace Valenzuela declared victory late Tuesday night with 60% of the vote. Valenzuela, a member of the Carrollton-Farmers...…M.J. Hegar, the former Air Force pilot from the Austin suburb of Round Rock, narrowly defeated Royce West, the Dallas state senator, in the Democratic runoff to face Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn this fall. The Associated Press called the race shortly before midnight. Hegar held a 4-percentage-point lead, a narrower margin than in her primary matchup with West in March, but it held through the night Tuesday. In the hardest-fought North Texas congressional race, Candace Valenzuela declared victory late Tuesday night with 60% of the vote. Valenzuela, a member of the Carrollton-Farmers...WW…

© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsDemonstrators marched and rallied across North Texas for a , protesting police brutality and structural racism. As of 10 p.m. the events had remained largely peaceful, with officials sharing moments of solidarity with protesters around the region.A group gathered at the courthouse in Fort Worth Wednesday afternoon — and were joined by Mayor Betsy Price. . showed up at the courthouse where the protest is starting today to talk to the crowd. Here she’s speaking with organizer Carol Harrison Lafayette who...…© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsDemonstrators marched and rallied across North Texas for a , protesting police brutality and structural racism. As of 10 p.m. the events had remained largely peaceful, with officials sharing moments of solidarity with protesters around the region.A group gathered at the courthouse in Fort Worth Wednesday afternoon — and were joined by Mayor Betsy Price. . showed up at the courthouse where the protest is starting today to talk to the crowd. Here she’s speaking with organizer Carol Harrison Lafayette who...WW…

© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsKERA NewsFormer President George W. Bush spoke out Tuesday for the first time about the police violence and demonstrations that have convulsed a country already reeling in the midst of a pandemic.The former president and his wife, Laura, who live in Dallas, called for an end to "systemic racism" in a issued through the Bush Presidential Center: "Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country. Yet we have resisted the...…© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsKERA NewsFormer President George W. Bush spoke out Tuesday for the first time about the police violence and demonstrations that have convulsed a country already reeling in the midst of a pandemic.The former president and his wife, Laura, who live in Dallas, called for an end to "systemic racism" in a issued through the Bush Presidential Center: "Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country. Yet we have resisted the...WW…

© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe Black church as an institution has shaped and transformed the lives of many.Members of the faith community have been some of the key leaders in the civil rights movement, fight for social justice and addressing inequalities that disproportionately affect Black people.In North Texas, our church leaders have helped close the They’ve also joined the fight on as seen with the tear down of Shingle Mountain. Plus, they’ve for those lives that have been lost to gun violence and police brutality like renaming...…© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsThe Black church as an institution has shaped and transformed the lives of many.Members of the faith community have been some of the key leaders in the civil rights movement, fight for social justice and addressing inequalities that disproportionately affect Black people.In North Texas, our church leaders have helped close the They’ve also joined the fight on as seen with the tear down of Shingle Mountain. Plus, they’ve for those lives that have been lost to gun violence and police brutality like renaming...WW…

© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsTwo Collin College professors whose contracts are not being renewed say there were ousted by leaders who did not like their views surrounding the system’s COVID-19 policies. The news follows months of concerns from faculty over COVID-19.The professors say they were fired, even if on paper, they were told their contracts would not be renewed in May. Audra Heaslip, who’s taught humanities at Collin College for more than a decade, was called into a meeting with some administrators.“The college has been really...…© 2022 KERA NewsNews for North TexasPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsTwo Collin College professors whose contracts are not being renewed say there were ousted by leaders who did not like their views surrounding the system’s COVID-19 policies. The news follows months of concerns from faculty over COVID-19.The professors say they were fired, even if on paper, they were told their contracts would not be renewed in May. Audra Heaslip, who’s taught humanities at Collin College for more than a decade, was called into a meeting with some administrators.“The college has been really...WW…