The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: Arlington voters will decide next week whether to redirect some taxes to pay for a new home for the Texas Rangers. The proposed $1 billion ballpark includes a retractable roof and air conditioning. As KERA’s Christopher Connelly reports, it’s left the city divided.
Other stories this afternoon:
On Tuesdays, KERA’s One Crisis Away project looks at life on the financial edge. This Tuesday, what happens when 300 families lose their housing all at once. That’s playing out in West Dallas, a longtime black and Latino neighborhood that’s rapidly gentrifying. The City Council passed new housing standards in September, and one landlord is now closing his rental home business because hundreds of his homes aren’t up to code.
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