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Top Stories: Dallas ISD Unveils New Truancy Rules; Fighting Tuberculosis

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The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº:

A U.S. Justice Department investigation resulted in Texas throwing out its old truancy laws. Now, Dallas school and county leaders have aimed at keeping more kids in class.

Other stories this morning:

  • According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis now kills more people worldwide than HIV or AIDS. A Baylor researcher has helped develop a with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

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.