The top local stories this morning from KERA News:
A U.S. Justice Department investigation resulted in Texas throwing out its old truancy laws. Now, Dallas school and county leaders have unveiled truancy reforms aimed at keeping more kids in class.
Other stories this morning:
- According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis now kills more people worldwide than HIV or AIDS. A Baylor researcher has helped develop a new method to treat children with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
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