The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News: More than 15 million people are registered to vote in Texas – and that’s a record. That’s about 78 percent of the state’s estimated voting-age population.

Other stories this afternoon:

Jim Bowman has been working with glass in North Texas for 30 years. He’s created works for universities, hotels and the city of Dallas. Art&Seek’s Hady Mawajdeh visits Bowman’s studio to learn how he handles the heat of his furnaces, and helped create an arts community in the Cedars neighborhood of Dallas.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.