The top local stories this morning from KERA News: A legislative race in North Texas will be getting a recount. The Texas Tribune reports Democratic challenger Terry Meza trails Republican incumbent Rodney Anderson by 64 votes in the House District 105 race.
The Secretary of State's office approved Meza's request for the recount. It’s scheduled for Nov. 28.
Other stories this morning:
- An injunction against enforcing the Obama administration’s rules on use of public school restrooms by transgender students is effective nationwide. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued the ruling late yesterday after the administration asked if the injunction applied nationwide or just the 13-state coalition that challenged the rules.
- Stella Chavez visits a class teaching refugees English.
- Fifty-three years ago today, Abraham Zapruder captured the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on his eight millimeter movie camera. His granddaughter, Alexandra, has written a book on that film’s journey called “Twenty-Six Seconds.” She’ll be discussing how the film changed her family tonight at 7 p.m. at the Sixth Floor Museum.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
