The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Voters will have to go back to the polls June 18th to decide a runoff for a Dallas school board seat formerly held by state education commissioner Mike Morath.
Dustin Marshall and Mita Havlick will face off for the District 2 seat. Whoever wins will join returning District 5 incumbent Lew Blackburn – and two newcomers – Jaime Resendez in District 4 and Audrey Pinkerton in District 7.
In other elections, Fort Worth voters narrowly approved expanding the city council from 8 to 10 members. However, voters rejected more pay for the mayor and city council members.
An attempt in Keller to recall mayor Mark Mathews failed.
Guillermo Ramos will continue serving on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board. Ramos became the district’s first Latino trustee after suing the district over how it elects trustees.
Elsewhere, school bond packages passed in McKinney, Grapevine-Colleyville, Richardson, and Coppell.
Other stories this morning:
- Millions of people use statins to lower cholesterol, but some have complained about muscle pain after taking the drug. Sam Baker explores why the pain exists in this week’s Vital Signs.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
