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Bill Zeeble
Senior ReporterBill Zeeble has been a full-time reporter at KERA since 1992, covering everything from medicine to the Mavericks and education to environmental issues.
He’s won numerous awards over the years, with top honors from the Dallas Press Club, Texas Medical Association, the Dallas and Texas Bar Associations, the American Diabetes Association and a national health reporting grant from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Zeeble was born in Philadelphia, Pa. and grew up in the nearby suburb of Cherry Hill, NJ, where he became an accomplished timpanist and drummer. Heading to college near Chicago on a scholarship, he fell in love with public radio, working at the college classical/NPR station, and he has pursued public radio ever since.
His first real radio gig was with a classical station in Corpus Christi, where the new Texan was dubbed “Billy Ted”; he was also a manager at WNO-FM in New Orleans.
Several stories he covered on television for KERA 13 helped homeowners avoid losing their homes.
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Weatherford College has mostly been a two-year community college serving residents in five rural Texas counties. But next fall it plans on adding its fifth four-year program.
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The deal would address compensation and retroactive pay, among other things. It comes after more than 99% of flight attendants agreed to strike if necessary.
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This school year, five education students at UNT Dallas will get paid up to $30,000 for the year as resident teachers in Dallas ISD schools. The teacher residency program is a first for the region.
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Carroll ISD sued the federal government to block the Biden administration's rule on Title IX, saying it would hurt girls and women — the opposite of the statute's intent. On Thursday, a federal judge agreed, temporarily blocking the change from taking effect.
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The district says expanding protections to include gender identity will hurt the district, its staff and its students. The Department of Justice disagrees.
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Superintendents blame budget cuts and campus closures on no new state education funding since 2019, inflation, unfunded mandates and enrollment declines. They may be forced to exercise additional budget cuts for next year.
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Four complaints of civil rights violations based on sexual orientation, race, and sex have been under investigation in Carroll ISD since 2021 by the Office for Civil Rights. Attorneys for the families say the OCR this week urged the district to resolve those complaints.
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North Texas voters mostly approved school bonds for new campuses, building upgrades and security, but mostly rejected proposals for new and upgraded sports complexes.
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Unofficial results show Ed Turner defeating three opponents for the District 9 seat, and Lance Currie beating two opponents for the District 1 seat. Both candidates were endorsed by the trustees they're seeking to replace.
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Students at the University of Texas at Dallas launched an encampment on Wednesday to demand the university divest from U.S. corporations affiliated with Israel's war in Gaza.
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School districts will ask voters to help fund everything from additional safety measures to new schools.
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Superintendent Lane Ledbetter, who’s led Carroll ISD since December, 2020, said the decision wasn’t made lightly, but he and his wife believe now is the “right time” to transition into retirement.