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From The Newsroom: A Second Shot At Graduation; Texas Lawmakers Return Home

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Thousands of high school seniors will be graduating over the next few days. Some of them were given a second chance at a diploma thanks to a new state law.

And this week’s Friday Conversation goes inside this year’s legislative session, from the perspective of a lawmaker. Rep. Jason Villalba talks about being a moderate in a deeply Republican party.

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.