The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News:
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says a proposal barring transgender people from using public restrooms of their choice statewide is bad for business. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick backs the so-called bathroom bill. He says it’s based on privacy concerns.
Other stories this afternoon:
- Texas House and Senate leaders released their budget proposals this week – and they are billions apart.
- Tarrant County became the most conservative metropolitan county in the country. The county has long been a GOP powerhouse, but it wasn’t always that way. KERA’s Christopher Connelly took a look at how Tarrant County got so red, and where it might go from here.
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.
