County Government
November 19-
Tanya Watkins may be the best political consultant in the state, but she should take her efforts out of Dallas County.
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Both Judge Suzanne Wooten and Judge Greg Willis have come under scrutiny.
November 2-
The use of multiple grants allows the normally-frugal county government to spend $500 on something that will cost it less than $20.
October 30-
They're aiming for $2.45 million.
October 26-
A bridge column on the SH 5 bridge was damaged by flooding.
October 22-
Collin County prosecutors have used the Dallas County crime lab -- the business in question -- in at least two high profile murder cases that resulted in convictions being overturned.
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Not everyone is wringing their hands about a shortage of the vaccine. There are millions of people leery about vaccine safety, according to numbers provided by a Harvard School of Public Health study.
October 20-
All three races have at least one candidate who is aligned with mainstream Plano Republicans.
October 15-
Poll watchers had issues with James Middleton, who would not permit the poll watchers to freely observe the operation of the polling place in 2008.
October 13-
Current District Attorney John Roach recently announced that he was not seeking re-election.
October 8-
Most of those who spoke expressed a desire to maintain a rural way of life on the Branch Peninsula and eastern shores of Lavon.
October 6-
Opposition to the bridge is already being organized, with a group called "Save Lake Lavon."
October 1-
He officially turns in his candidacy at noon Oct. 1.
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Flu shots are $20 per person, $14 for children 6 months to 3 years old, and must be paid in cash or by using a credit card.
September 30-
Watkins' ham-handed catfight with the Commissioners Court has devolved into dysfunctional disaster.
September 29-
You call it Sam Rayburn Tollway, we call it "the road formerly known as 121."
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Unfortunately, the child who died on Sunday was found to have the H1N1 influenza virus.
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ADB was the lowest bidder in a contest that saw an extreme range of quotes.
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Judge Keith Self's plan to cap the program was goofy, and it never stood a chance of gaining a majority vote of the court.
September 28-
This is the first swine flu-related death in Tarrant County.


















Denny Freeman
Dallas native Denny Freeman is perhaps best known as an original member of the Austin Mafia, and the Cobras (with Stevie Ray Vaughn and othe