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Top Stories: Blue Cross Insurance And Texas Health Resources Strike Last-Minute Deal

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

The state’s largest health insurer and the region’s biggest hospital system agreed to renew their contract a day before the previous deal was set to expire. The new contract means that more than 150,000 people in North Texas will be able to keep their in-network health care providers.

Other stories this morning:

  • Some familiar voices from late night and weekends on ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº will be popping up in radio's prime time next week. For this week's Friday Conversation, ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's vice president of news, Rick Holter, caught up with one of the anchors of Newshour, Razia Iqbal, from the BBC newsroom in London.
  • Restaurants and bars will be packed this weekend as folks celebrate the New Year. As ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s Gus Contreras reports, police will be out in force – and they won’t just be looking for drunken drivers.

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.