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5 essential things to know about Lt. Gov. Patrick’s bathroom bill

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, unveiled details Thursday behind the so-called “bathroom bill.” Here are more details about the proposal: 1. The bill would prohibit and nullify any existing or future local laws regulating private business’ bathroom policies. The legislation would let any private business decide if and how they […]

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Posted on January 6th, 2017

EXPLAINER: How does the Texas budget work?

Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar is preparing to give his once-every-two-years revenue estimate on Monday, signaling the start to the 85th session and the beginning of the budget debate. The Lone Star State is home to the world’s 10th largest economy, but few Texans know how the state formulates its budget. Here […]

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Posted on January 6th, 2017

How Carroll, Grapevine-Colleyville ISDs scored in the TEA’s new A-F scale

The Texas Education Agency released a provisional set of accountability ratings for school districts and campuses across the state Jan. 6 based on the TEA’s new A-F rating system. The system change comes as a result of House Bill 2804 passed by the 84th Texas Legislature in 2015. Although the new rating system will be officially implemented […]

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Posted on January 6th, 2017

Healthcare, energy professions among top 20 list of fastest growing jobs in Texas

Wind turbine service technicians earned the top spot on a list of fastest growing jobs in Texas, according to a new report by career website Zippia. Zippia took data from each state’s Department of Labor and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics to compile the report, identifying the occupations in Texas that are projected to have […]

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Posted on January 6th, 2017

Exodus to Texas: More than 500K moved here in 2015, report says

People are still moving to Texas in droves, according to a new report by the Texas Association of Realtors. The report, released Wednesday, showed the Lone Star State is second only to Florida in the number of people relocating, with 553,032 people moving to Texas in 2015—a 2.8 percent increase over 2014. Nearly 42,000 Californians migrated to […]

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Posted on January 6th, 2017

Pet adoption, NCAA and wine pairing: 6 things to do North Texas this weekend, Jan. 6-8

Friday The Plano Metropolitan Ballet presents “Jungle Book Fairy Tale Ballet—An Original Production” between Jan. 6-21. The troupe brings pages of the book to life with music and dance. 7 p.m. (Jan. 6-7, 13-14, 20-21), 3 p.m. (Jan. 7, 14, 21). $16. Courtyard Theatre, 1509 H Avenue, Plano. 972-769-0017. http://ift.tt/2iJZsiV Saturday Rubber stamp and paper […]

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Posted on January 6th, 2017

Texas Lt. Gov. details new controversial transgender bathroom bill filed today

In November, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick identified regulation of bathroom use based on the gender individuals were born as a legislative priority for the coming session. He named the Women’s Privacy Act the No. 6 on his list of 10 priorities alongside property tax reform, voter identification and a statehouse spending cap. That list of priorities […]

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Posted on January 5th, 2017

State committee proposes 4 ways to solve Texas-sized pension problem

In 2014, $196 million in the Dallas’ police and firefighter’s retirement fund was lost due to risky investments. Houston is up against a shortfall of roughly $10 billion for its own pensions. Austin ranks in the top 15 United States cities with the largest pension liabilities, according to a report from Moody’s. Texas’ largest cities […]

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Posted on January 5th, 2017

Town Center Colleyville seeks approval from council to allow directory signage

At Tuesday’s Colleyville City Council meeting, council members heard the first reading of an amendment to the land development code to allow for directory signage, specifically in Town Center Colleyville. Due to the large size and number of uses in the shopping center, the property owner is requesting to utilize some wayfinding signage, or directory signage, […]

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Posted on January 4th, 2017

Austin, Dallas area legislators work together on legislation that would strengthen Public Information Act

After two recent Texas Supreme Court decisions widened loopholes against the Texas Public Information Act, Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, is reaching across the aisle, and statehouse, to Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake. The two legislators pre-filed bills Tuesday to close the loopholes. Each bill addresses a separate ruling made by the Texas Supreme Court. The first […]

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Posted on January 3rd, 2017

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