The top local stories this morning from KERA News: The U.S. House is expected to vote today on a bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. It’s unclear whether there are enough votes to pass it, but there’s a lot of support from Texas Republicans.
Most of the 25 Texas Republicans in the U.S. House support the proposed Affordable Health Care Act. Still, there’s a few exceptions, and Democrats universally oppose the bill.
Other stories this morning:
- Texas House Speaker Joe Straus claims the Senate’s “cooking the books” in its budget proposal. The Finance Committee yesterday approved a proposed budget of $106 billion. They used an accounting trick to free up money in the budget – pushing the diversion of sales tax money from the 2019 fiscal year to 2020.
- The city of Dallas says 911 call performance is improving. So-called ghost calls have been jamming the city’s 911 call center on-and-off since December. Phones appeared to be calling 911 multiple times, flooding the queue and leaving hundreds of callers on hold. But in a statement yesterday, officials said between 83 and 85 percent of calls have been answered within 10 seconds.
- Mayor Mike Rawlings encouraged residents to take advantage of the hundreds of events during Dallas Arts Month in April. Here’s the full schedule.
- Former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin has remained in the public eye as an analyst for the NFL Network and even a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Now he’s trying his hand at acting.
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