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From The Newsroom: Re-Examining Bag Fees; A Parent's Quest To Understand Autism

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Dallas currently has a 5-cent fee on disposable shopping bags.

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: The Dallas city council today will debate whether or not to impose an outright ban on disposable shopping bags. If approved, this would be a departure from the city's current 5-cent fee on disposable bags. 

Also, a Dallas father with a science background is investigating autism after his son's symptoms began to change.

You can listen to North Texas stories 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.