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Top Stories: Final Texas Senate Vote On Sanctuary Cities Bill Expected Today

Ryan Poppe/Texas Public Radio
Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) presents SB 4 on the Senate floor.

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

An anti-sanctuary cities bill faces a final vote this morning in the Texas Senate.

Senate Bill 4 would deny state grant money to local governments when they don’t cooperate with federal requests to hand over immigrants in custody for possible deportation. would also allow the state to remove a county sheriff from office for refusing to honor federal detention requests.

If the Senate approves the bill, it goes to the Texas House, where it may not get a big welcome. , and Fort Worth Republican Charlie Geren has his own sanctuary cities bill.

The Senate has moved quickly to adopt the sanctuary cities ban after the Governor designated it as an emergency item. 

Other stories this morning:

  • Dallas County Commissioners yesterday welcoming immigrants to the county, including those who are undocumented. The non-binding resolution calls for law enforcement to stop what are considered nonessential collaborations with federal immigration officers.
  • A new most adults support routine vaccines for children. But how Americans feel about vaccines also depends on age, race and education.
  • place Dallas-Fort Worth at no. 15 among the 100 best places to live in the country. Austin placed first.

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.