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From The Newsroom: Heated Words At Texas Muslim Capitol Day, Smog Symposium

Doualy Xaykaothao
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KERA News
Protesters chant "Jesus" and "Go Home" on the seventh annual Texas Muslim Capitol Day, sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:

Hundreds of Muslim Texans traveled by bus to Austin for regular event that’s known as Texas Muslim Capitol Day. The goal: to learn about the political process and meet with legislators.

On the Capitol steps, the group was greeted by boisterous protesters.

And North Texas stepped onto the national environmental stage Thursday, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency kicked off one of three public hearings across the country on new rules to reduce smog. 

You can listen to the top local news stories weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.