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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UTA's Office of Talent, Culture and Inclusion is now the Office of Talent, Culture and Engagement. Asked what Senate Bill 17 could mean for jobs, a spokesperson for the university said they're "still working through the details on implementation." -
Dallas Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde, speaking at a chamber event on public education on Tuesday, told the room of business leaders a voucher program will mean less money for public schools.
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At least 20 school districts across Texas are suing the state’s education commissioner to block changes to the rating system.
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For decades, Texas' recapture, or Robin Hood, law has redistributed money from property-wealthy districts to property-poor ones. It's intended to make education funding equitable, but some districts say the system is broken.
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A survey of more than 4,200 professors in conservative Southern states — Texas, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina — found about two-thirds would not recommend their state to colleagues looking for work.
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The tech giant said it’ll add to its nearby Midlothian data center because it can find or train qualified workers able to help its various businesses, including Google Cloud, Gmail, and AI efforts.
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Citing a shortage of school counselors, Texas passed a law allowing chaplains to be school counselors. Some say it's the government's responsibility, not churches', to provide mental health services.
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State lawmakers made vaping or possession of a vape at school punishable by mandatory assignment to a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program. School districts now have to adopt the policy to comply with the law.
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A new Texas law going into effect Sept. 1 could put chaplains in public schools as counselors.
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The agreement with the Fort Worth-based airline includes a 21% pay hike and annual pay rate increases.
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Leaders of some Texas colleges and universities met in Dallas Thursday to discuss the impact of a new law targeting DEI programs.
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The State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness tested grades 3 through 8 in the spring of 2023. Test scores have not recovered to pre-COVID numbers, but most are better than last year.
