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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Tuesday was the first day of school for many North Texan students. School districts not only welcomed new students, they’re also managing new laws, from a bill ending DEI policies to another calling for parent-populated library book councils. -
Plano school board members this week unanimously agreed to create a School Library Advisory Council. Made up mostly of parents, the council will advise trustees on which books to purchase. -
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Dallas hub was one of seven closed nationwide after the Trump administration began dismantling the department in March. OCR lawyer Brittany Coleman talked about the case with KERA’s Bill Zeeble. -
District 3 Republican Congressman Keith Self answered questions about the Epstein files, Social Security and federal spending during his first town hall in months. -
Senate Bill 13, which goes into effect Sept. 1, gives parents and school boards more power in saying what materials are included in school libraries. -
Texas lawmakers recently increased school funding, doubling campus safety budgets that could help fund items like glass film, classroom panic buttons and drones. Reports show the industry is worth billions. -
The Texas advocacy group Children at Risk says it chalked up nearly a dozen legislative wins in the 89th session. But it saw some losses, too. -
Trustees will discuss changes to accommodate Senate Bill 12, which would ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program in K-12 schools. Proposed new wording could lead to “robust” discussions. -
Advocates and policy groups argue ending in-state tuition for students without legal status will hurt the state’s economy. -
An Israeli/Russian took silver and a Minnesotan won bronze in the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition -
Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice sued to block Texas from giving in-state tuition to immigrant students without legal status, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the two parties had filed a joint motion asking a court to permanently end the policy. -
Backers of Senate Bill 12 call Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs illegal and discriminatory. Opponents of SB12 say soon-to-be banned DEI programs offered solutions to long-standing discriminatory policies.
