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Top Stories: Early Voting Ends Today; Super Tuesday Tensions

Jacqueline Mermea
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The Texas Tribune

The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº: Today’s the last day to vote early before the March 1 primary.

Election officials expect this to be . Overall turnout’s already higher across Texas than when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton faced off in the 2008 primary.

Voters need to have a valid government-issued photo ID with them. Polls close tonight at 7.

Other stories this morning:

  • Republican presidential candidates will try to generate some last minute support in North Texas before Super Tuesday. Florida Senator Marco Rubio begins a rally at 9 a.m. at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas. Billionaire Donald Trump will appear at the Fort Worth Convention Center at noon. And tomorrow, Ben Carson will appear at a Tea Party Town Hall at the Westin DFW Airport Hotel in Irving.
  • Gromer Jeffers of the Dallas Morning News discusses to watch in our Friday Conversation.
  • Former state senator is having a moving sale. According to the , she’s paring down her belongings after moving to Austin.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 90.1 FM. 

Former ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºNews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.