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Podcast: The Dallas Morning News
Episode: North Texas toll road rates to increase in July ... and more news
Description: North Texas drivers will pay more to use toll roads beginning in July. The North Texas Tollway Authority will increase rates beginning July 1 by an average of 1 cent per mile for TollTag holders, from 21 to 22 cents. ZipCash customers without toll tags pay double the TollTag rate. In other news, clouds of Saharan dust, originating in North Africa, have made their way across the Atlantic Ocean and are impacting states along the Gulf of Mexico this week, with some of the biggest effects expected in Florida; when Texas students head back to class in the fall, school could feel different...