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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kay Bailey Hutchison rolled out her plan to boost public education Tuesday, saying that better schools are critical to the state's economic well-being. Speaking at Collin College in Plano, Hutchison said that her plan includes better use of technology in the classroom, recruiting and retaining quality teachers, curbing the state's dropout rate and helping local school districts become more efficient....
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three of the firefighters were injured when a floor collapsed, Evans said. The cause of the other injuries was undisclosed. None were considered life-threatening.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
His many commendations include being named Plano Citizen of the Year and receiving the Plano Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, the Civic Volunteer of the Year award and a proclamation of excellence from . He has chaired the boards of the Plano Chamber of Commerce and Plano Economic Development as well as myriad city committees.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Collin County health department has received 6,500 doses of the swine flu vaccine from the state this week and is distributing them to private clinics and hospitals. The shipment is the county's first from the state since it received 500 doses last month. Officials have been upset that the state didn't send more doses of H1N1 vaccine sooner. "We don't have enough," County Judge Keith...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
AUSTIN -- Texas transportation officials approved a $1.85 billion plan today to build or improve highways throughout Texas, rejecting protests from Dallas and Fort Worth that nearly all of the money will be spent in Houston and along Interstate 35 near Waco. Quickly brushing aside those complaints, the Texas Transportation Commission voted 5-0 to accept the spending plan that just one week ago had...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Some believe "these 'chatters' are not fixed and permanent in the same way that a formal Web page posting or written letter might be," said Lorraine Kisselburgh, an assistant professor of communication at Purdue University who researches online boundaries. "And so some might argue that conversations like these should not be held to the same standard as statements that are fully intended...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The annual honor, sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, is given to four higher education teachers nationally. They must have made an impact on students and enhanced the school's learning environment. This is the third time a Collin College professor has received the accolade, more than any other community college in the country. Only two universities...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The new boundaries could also appease some parents who said that previous boundary models would have sent low-income and middle-class students to separate schools. Under the new plan, east Plano students in some of the district's poorest neighborhoods, who currently attend Williams, would go to a high school in Murphy, a more affluent exurb.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
There were shots from the stock pond – one with the shooter rising from total immersion, the other with the shot taken from a body board, pulled by an ATV. For one shot, the ball rolled up and over the barn roof before dropping neatly through the hoop. Another came from on high – from atop a water tower. In a third, Toney used the kick from a shotgun to power the ball through the basket....
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The city's municipal code gives the council the power to appoint someone to serve out her term, which ends in May 2011. But City Attorney Diane Wetherbee said the rule is superceded by the Texas Constitution, which calls for a special election within 120 days of the vacancy occurring. That time frame would allow the special election to coincide with the upcoming March primaries.
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
For instance, nearby roads would need to be upgraded to handle the additional truck traffic. A proposed highway called the Outer Loop would also need to be completed. The Outer Loop is expected to travel east to west across northern Collin County before turning south and passing near the area being considered for the proposed intermodal complex.
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