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Top Stories: The Numbers Behind Child Poverty In Texas; Cartel Lawyer Murder Trial Underway

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The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: A report released earlier this month reveals some uncomfortable truths about child poverty in Texas. One-in-four Texas kids live in poverty, and for black and Latino children, it’s one-in-three.

A federal trial is underway in Fort Worth related to the 2013 killing of a former drug cartel lawyer who was gunned down in Southlake.

  

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