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On today's show: International student enrollment numbers are falling, how too much screen time affects teen health and the North Texas Fair and Rodeo. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Islamophobic texts from the Texas Funeral Services Commission chair, Why Fort Worth ISD faces an uncertain future and Sense and Sensibility on stage. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr.  Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: More arrested in connection to ICE detention center shooting, remembering a Deep Ellum legend and the Kaiju Go! festival. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Fort Worth's chance to meet with police chief hopefuls, an exhibition on the complexity of Black hair and "The Heart Sellers" on the Amphibian Stage. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr.  Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: The Texas economy is showing signs of slowing down, the legal hurdles police chase victims face and Alamo Drafthouse Kid’s Camp. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Hundreds of people showed up to a rally in Fort Worth on Saturday to support Texas House Democrats who fled the state, Texas students returning to school will have to learn to do without their cell phones and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth welcomes guest curator Christopher Blay. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and B...

On today's show: A Texas Senate committee has approved a Republican-proposed congressional redistricting map, one Fort Worth gallery fosters three generations of artists and Back-to-School Bash at Community Beer Co. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad...

On today's show: City of Garland's plan to correct accidental forest clearing, DFW Restaurant Week and Vitruvian Night Lights in Addison. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr.  Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: DART passengers concerned about safety after train fire, the NIMBUS strain of COVID and Regina Spektor in concert. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: A Southlake man sued to remove the Tarrant County District Clerk from his job, the FTC dropped a racial discrimination claim against three North Texas car dealerships and We Came as Romans takes over the House of Blues. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choice...

On today's show: Big Tex's boots head out of state, a talk with a lawyer from the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights in Dallas and dementia representation that flips the current narrative. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr.  Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show:  Texas congressman Keith Self holds in person town hall meeting, a look into the Texas Black Invitational Rodeo and the "Almost Free" exhibition.  Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Frisco ISD being subpoenaed for student data in high school stabbing case, how exercise can reduce the chances of an early death and a summer camp for dogs. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Tarrant County could dismantle its Dept. of Human Services, young actors put on a Shakespearean classic and the 36th Annual Texas Black Invitational Rodeo. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: DallasNews Corp. has a new bidder, how and why to protect yourself against increased tick activity and Jack Ingram at The Post. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Energy prices won't be coming down anytime soon, how some Texas schools are looking to increase security and Black joy as resistance. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Dallas College receives job training grants, political extremism in North Texas and Arts and Letters Live at the Dallas Museum of Art. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Proposed law could allow developers to build housing in commercial zones, how mid-decade redistricting could affect Texas' future and Odysseus and Penelope at Addison Performing Arts Centre. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr.  Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choic...

On today's show: North Texas mayors call for transit to be discussed at special session, how Irving might use 3 million dollars to address homelessness and the Dallas Colombian Festival. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Irving gets 3 million dollars to address homelessness, a climatologist on the recent heavy rains and the Josh Abbott Band. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Recovery efforts stall as heavy rain continues in Texas Hill Country, One woman's wooden archway reflects her Muslim faith and cinema for kids at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Environmental advocates take the 'Toxic Twins' to task, how House Bill 2038 misses the root of a potential doctor shortage a night of tarot and reflection. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Flood preparedness on Texas' special session, breast cancer among younger women and the Basically Beethoven concert series. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Hearst buys the Dallas Morning News, AEW's 'All In Texas' pro-wrestling event and the Parker County Peach Festival. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On today's show: Governor Greg Abbott is planning to ask for the lion’s share of border security reimbursement money, the latest on the shooting outside a North Texas ICE facility and the new art exhibition “Caution”. Wake Up with KERA News is hosted by Andrew Garcia, and produced and edited by Shardae White and Bekah Morr. Music: Awakening by Ikoliks Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/...