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KERA's One Crisis Away project focuses on North Texans living on the financial edge.

When Savings Are Slim -- Why Aren't Texans Saving More Money?

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A new study shows that nearly 50 percent of Texans don’t have enough cash available to stay above the poverty line for three months after a financial emergency. As part of KERA’s One Crisis Away initiative, Think host Krys Boyd examines why the numbers have jumped since the last scorecard was released with Andrea Levere, president of the Corporation for Enterprise Development.