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Community Impact Newspaper and Texas Tribune announce editorial, event partnership

Community Impact Newspaper, a nationally award-winning newspaper group reaching more than 1.7 million Texans in 34 communities, today announced a new partnership with the Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The partnership, which will launch with Community Impact Newspaper (CI)’s 22 March editions, […]

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Posted on March 3rd, 2017

GCISD passes district of innovation plan

Monday night Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees adopted a district of innovation plan that will begin with the 2017-18 school year and end with the 2021-22 school year. The district of innovation concept, or DOI, gives independent school districts most of the flexibilities available to Texas’ open-enrollment charter schools. Some of those flexibilities include being […]

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Posted on February 28th, 2017

State Rep. Jason Isaac aims to close the curtains on Daylight Saving Time

State Rep. Jason Isaac, R-Dripping Springs, has proposed legislation that would put an end to the biannual practice of setting clocks forward and backward known as Daylight Saving Time. “Imagine that it’s 2017, and lawmakers have for the first time proposed arbitrarily changing our clocks twice a year. They would be publicly ridiculed,” Isaac said […]

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Posted on February 24th, 2017

Parlor games and ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’: 3 things to do in Grapevine, Feb. 24-26

Friday Parlor Sociable Visitors ages 14 and older can visit Nash Farm, 626 Ball St., Grapevine, for coffee, tea and sweets, along with parlor games and conversation with friends. The event runs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and the cost is $15 per person. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” The 1961 movie starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard and Patricia Neal tells the story of a […]

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Posted on February 24th, 2017

Dallas to Houston high-speed train opposed by rural Texas lawmakers

Republican lawmakers representing rural interests have filed a slew of bills taking aim at a proposed high-speed train between Dallas and Houston. The legislators who filed 18 different bills include state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury; state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe; state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham; state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock; state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown; state […]

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Posted on February 23rd, 2017

TxDOT directs $8 billion for road projects over next 4 years

Texas Department of Transportation Commissioners met Wednesday afternoon to update their $70 billion funding plan for the next 10 years of construction projects. The Unified Transportation Plan allocates a large sum of money for the agency to address problems in congestion, connectivity and safety. Of the $70 billion, $50 billion is allocated already via formula […]

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Posted on February 22nd, 2017

Houston state senator tries to create safe zones in wake of anti-sanctuary city bill

After unsuccessfully proposing more than 3o amendments to Senate Bill 4, an anti-sanctuary city bill, state Senate Democrats are making another attempt at adjusting the proposed legislation. Following the long but rather easy passage of Senate Bill 4 out of the Texas Senate, state Sen. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, has proposed Senate Bill 997, which attempts […]

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Posted on February 22nd, 2017

80 amendments to Colleyville’s comprehensive plan approved unanimously

On Tuesday night Colleyville City Council members unanimously approved 80 amendments to Destination Colleyville, the city’s comprehensive plan, which provides a vision for the city through 2035. “This is a guide; it is not the final word,” Council Member Nancy Coplen said. Destination Colleyville was adopted in December 2015. However, upon getting elected in May […]

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Posted on February 22nd, 2017

Revised voter ID bill in Texas gains support from coalition of Republican state senators

On Tuesday afternoon, the 20 Republicans in the state Senate banded together behind a bill to mandate voter identification. The coalition ensures a vote on the floor of the Senate, and absent any changes, passage to the House. Altogether, Senate Bill 5 follows a court decision handed down by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos, […]

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Posted on February 21st, 2017

Dallas to Houston high-speed train opposed by rural Texas lawmakers

Republican lawmakers representing rural interests have filed a slew of bills taking aim at a proposed high-speed train between Dallas and Houston. The legislators who filed 18 different bills include state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury; state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe; state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham; state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock; state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown; state […]

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Posted on February 21st, 2017

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