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From The Newsroom: The Ideal Minimum Wage; Taxis Versus Uber

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: An advocacy group is calling for a bump in the state’s minimum wage, which is currently $7.25.

Also, Jude Cobler shares his fears and hopes for the future in the final chapter of our Breakthroughs series, Growing Up After Cancer. Finally, why Dallas business travelers prefer Uber over taxis.

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

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.