The top local stories this morning from KERA News:
About 100 protesters demonstrated outside the office of Texas Senator John Cornyn in Houston on Thursday. Organizers from United We Dream Houston want an extension to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The Trump administration's deadline for DACA renewal applications was yesterday.
Other stories this morning:
The Texas Attorney General is already awaiting trial on securities fraud charges. Now comes word the Kaufman County District Attorney is investigating Ken Paxton for bribery. At issue is a $100,000 donation to Paxton's legal defense fund from an executive who recently settled a Medicare fraud suit with the state.
- Kevin Simmons is a professor at Austin College in Sherman, and after the wave of recent hurricanes, he sat down for a Friday Conversation with KERA's Rick Holter. They talked about what cities, states and nations can do to prepare for a disaster like Harvey.
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