The Latest
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Federal lawsuit over McKinney Airport highlights environmental concerns in Fairview
A recent lawsuit in federal court over a study of the environmental effects of the expansion of McKinney’s airport is reigniting community concerns, particularly in the neighboring town of Fairview. Lilly Kersh with The Dallas Morning News explains the concerns.
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Southern Baptist Convention holds major votes at annual convention in North Texas
Adrian Ashford with the Dallas Morning News tells us about how the proposals to create a constitutional ban on women pastors and to abolish the denomination’s public policy arm both failed by narrow margins.
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Addiction drug trials head to Texas as Abbott signs $50M program for research
Karen Brooks Harper with the Dallas Morning News tells us about the program that opens a new door to veterans suffering addiction, depression, trauma and chronic pain.
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Texas bill pushes to make gold and silver ‘functional money'
Trevor Bach with the Dallas Morning News tells us about how legislators are taking the offensive in promoting alternative currencies as debt and deficits haunt the US dollar.
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What's planned for Plano's 4 closing school campuses?
Lilly Kersh with the Dallas Morning News tells us about how officials will seek input on their next chapter as some campuses change hands from the district to the city.
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Attorney argues for release of Palestinian woman held at North Texas immigration detention
Alex Nguyen with the Dallas Morning News tells us about Leqaa Kordia, who has been in Prairieland, an ICE detention center about 35 miles southwest of downtown Dallas, since mid-March.
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Kleberg-Rylie community fights for attention from City of Dallas amid claims of neglect
Maria Ramos Pacheco with the Dallas Morning News tells us how nearly 50 years after they joined the city, residents say they’re still fighting for recognition.
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FedEx laying off 300+ workers at North Texas facility
Shipping and logistics giant FedEx is laying off over 300 people at a facility in Fort Worth, according to filings with the state. According to a report by NBC 5’s media partners at The Dallas Morning News, a WARN notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission indicates 305, or 52%, of the 580 employees at FedEx’s facility at 13500 Independence…
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Dallas developer headed for retrial on bribery charges
Kevin Krause with the Dallas Morning News tells us about Ruel Hamilton who is to be tried on three federal bribery counts related to payments he made to two former city council members, one of whom has since died.
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UTD scientists solve mystery behind diabetic nerve damage
Miriam Fauzia with the Dallas Morning News tells us how researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have shed new light by linking it to a little-known nerve structure first described more than a century ago: the Nageotte nodule.
