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Top Stories: After Santa Fe Shooting, Gov. Abbott To Reveal School Safety Plan In Dallas

Gabriel C. Perez
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KUT News
Texas school administrators and law enforcement leaders joined a round table discussion with Gov. Greg Abbott focusing on school safety May 22, 2018.

The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº: Governor Greg Abbott will visit Dallas Wednesday to

The news conference at the Dallas school district administration building follows a deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School nearly two weeks ago.

In response to that shooting, Abbott held several meetings last week with a variety of people to help come up with the plan. They included officials from school districts, gun-rights advocates, gun control groups and survivors of mass shootings.

Other stories this morning:

  • The city of Dallas more than $173 million dollars to settle decades-old lawsuits over back pay.
  • There's been a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed against a former McKinney police officer and the city over
  • Studies suggest Mexican-Americans may have an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease and the UNT Health Science Center is trying to find out why.

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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.