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Top Stories: Early Voting Begins For North Texas Runoff Elections

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

Early voting has begun for runoff elections across North Texas.

: two city council seats in West and South Dallas. There’s also a runoff in Fort Worth for City Council District 2. Sal Espino’s retiring after nearly a dozen years in office. are in a runoff in Denton, Frisco, Lewisville and Plano.

Early voting runs through June 6. Election Day is June 10.

Other stories this morning:

  • Although the Texas Legislative session ended yesterday, about a special session.
  • has criticized the Texas foster care system for missing investigation deadlines – and potentially putting more kids at risk
  • Our continues with Phantasia Chavers. She was struggling with her sister’s departure for college four years ago. Now, it’s Phantasia’s turn.

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.