Collin County

Both Judge Suzanne Wooten and Judge Greg Willis have come under scrutiny.

The use of multiple grants allows the normally-frugal county government to spend $500 on something that will cost it less than $20.

A bridge column on the SH 5 bridge was damaged by flooding.

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.

All three races have at least one candidate who is aligned with mainstream Plano Republicans.

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.

Current District Attorney John Roach recently announced that he was not seeking re-election.

Most of those who spoke expressed a desire to maintain a rural way of life on the Branch Peninsula and eastern shores of Lavon.

Opposition to the bridge is already being organized, with a group called "Save Lake Lavon."

You call it Sam Rayburn Tollway, we call it "the road formerly known as 121."

ADB was the lowest bidder in a contest that saw an extreme range of quotes.

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.

The Collin County Observer has learned that the purchasing department will recommend the contract be awarded to ADB Consulting.

The county's plan provides a poor precedent for future elections, this columnist says.

Fiscal 2010 will be the first time the county has funded programs with the Samaritan Inn and with Children's Medical Center.

There is no guarantee that NCTCOG will be willing to coordinate the rest of the loop with what might be seen as Collin County's own private toll road.

Creative spin was the order of the day as NTTA explained away one issue after another with glib generalities.

Citing state law, the Texas Historical Commission fined Collin County $1,000.

Total combined budget (all funds) will be just under $270 million, and the operating funds budget will be about $174 million.