Today marks the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination. Krys Boyd talks with journalist Darwin Payne and former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings about how the city has evolved since that day.
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How Mike Rawlings Changed Big-D
Mayor Mike Rawlings joins us to talk about how Dallas has changed during his time in office, how he and police chief David Brown guided the city through one of its darkest days and about who he might like to succeed him at City Hall.
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The Push For Home Rule In Dallas
We’ll talk this hour about what a home-rule district could look like with reporters covering the issue: KERA’s Bill Zeeble and Tawnell Hobbs and Matthew Haag of The Dallas Morning News.
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Erasing the Stigma Of Mental Illness
What will it take to remove the shame associated with mental illness and what does our community need to provide appropriate resources and care for the mentally ill and their families?
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A Completed Dallas Arts District
The Dallas Arts District buildings are finished, but what’s still needed to make the area a complete neighborhood for artists and patrons in the heart of the city?
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Homelessness in North Texas
According to a census conducted on January 25th, there are 5,163 homeless persons in Dallas and 4,042 homeless in Forth Worth. These totals represent a decrease from the 2006 homeless population across North Texas. We’ll spend this hour discussing the issue of homelessness and what’s being done to help the homeless with Mike Rawlings, homeless czar for the City of Dallas, Cindy Honey, of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, and Otis Thornton, homeless coordinator for Fort Worth.
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