The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº:
The Trump Justice Department says it proved that Dallas-based AT&T's mega-merger with Time Warner will hurt competition, and the judge who allowed the takeover was clearly wrong to conclude consumers wouldn't be harmed.
The government's argument came in its with a federal appeals court. The Justice Department is challenging the decision by a lower court judge that opened the way for one of the biggest media deals ever: phone and pay-TV titan AT&T's $81 billion takeover of the Time Warner entertainment conglomerate.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon misunderstood the complexities of the booming pay-TV market and the nature of AT&T's competitors, the antitrust regulators asserted in their filing. But AT&T General Counsel David McAtee says in a statement that "Appeals aren't 'do-overs.'"
Other stories this morning:
- WFAA-TV anchor John McCaa says in March after more than 42 years in the television news business.
- Texas Woman’s University recently got a nearly $400,000 grant that will allow it to work with rural librarians who face a lot of challenges in their communities, like high unemployment and big education gap. Twenty rural librarians will be tapped for this three-year effort, which will teach librarians how to work more closely with leaders and residents in their communities to create change.
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