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From The Newsroom: Hood County Lawsuit Settled; Why Big Cities Can’t Keep Superintendents

O'Connor & Soifer LLP
Jim Cato and Joe Stapleton filed a lawsuit against Hood County after they were denied a marriage license.

The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: The lawsuit between a gay couple and the Hood County clerk over issuing a marriage license has been settled for $44,000.

Also, we’ll explore why other big cities have issues retaining school superintendents.

Finally, local non-profits who work with the Dallas school district discuss what they’d like to see out of the next superintendent.

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.