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Top Stories: ExxonMobil Shareholders To Vote On Climate Change Resolution Today

Katherine Welles
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ExxonMobil has been under pressure to explain how it’s addressing climate change. ";

The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº: ExxonMobil will hold its annual shareholders meeting this morning. They’re expected to vote on a resolution to push the oil company to disclose the risks of climate change to its business.

Other stories this morning:

  • Tarrant County Sherriff Dee Anderson failed to secure the fifth and final term he was seeking in . He’ll be replaced by Former Dalworthington Gardens Police Chief Bill Waybourn. Mary Lou Bruner also failed to get the majority of votes in the Republican runoff for a seat on the State Board of Education.
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center just opened a $17 million microscope center – not the kind we used in science class, but super-powered microscopes.

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.