Shelley Kofler

New Board Member Questions Tarrant Water District Agenda

Shelley Kofler — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:46:27 +0000

At her first meeting as a new Tarrant Regional Water District board member, Mary Kelleher made good on her campaign promise to challenge the status quo.

Graduating Students Credit School For A Second Chance At Education

Shelley Kofler — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:06:05 +0000

More than 240 Dallas students who had quit school got their diplomas over the weekend. In a continuation of KERA’s American Graduate project, Shelley Kofler looks at how they beat the odds.

Fort Worth Votes For Change In Council, School Board Races

Shelley Kofler — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:27:59 +0000

Fort Worth voters rejected three incumbents on the city council and school board in Saturday runoff elections

Jacinto Ramos, Jr. stomped incumbent school board member Carlos Vasquez, 86% to 14%.

School board candidate Ashley Paz narrowly unseated Juan Rangel, 51% to 49%.

Governor Vetoes Equal Pay For Women Bill

Shelley Kofler — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:48:08 +0000

State Senator Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, says she was surprised and saddened to learn Gov. Rick Perry has vetoed a bill she sponsored which sought to prevent pay discrimination against women in Texas.

Davis says the legislation she carried would have aligned Texas law with federal law by giving women in Texas more time to take action if they believed they were the victims of pay discrimination.

Tarrant Reports First West Nile Case Of Season

Shelley Kofler — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:22:28 +0000

A Fort Worth woman in her 40’s has developed Tarrant County’s first case of West Nile virus this season. It’s also the first case reported in North Texas.

Tarrant County Public Health says she has the milder form, not the neuroinvasive form that more often leads to long-term illness, paralysis or death.

Tarrant Water District Loses Court Battle But Not Giving Up On Oklahoma Water

Shelley Kofler — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:06:00 +0000

After more than six years in court that cost more than $6 million the Tarrant Regional Water District’s legal battle with the State of Oklahoma has ended.

Gov. Perry Signs Bill That Cuts School Testing

Shelley Kofler — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:03:31 +0000

Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a much debated high school curriculum overhaul that cuts the number of standardized tests Texas students must take.

Gov. Perry Adds Highway Funding To Special Session

Shelley Kofler — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:27:19 +0000

With only two weeks left, Gov. Rick Perry has added funding for transportation to the special session which until now has been devoted solely to redistricting.

Exide Says Bankruptcy Won't Affect Its Cleanup In Frisco

Shelley Kofler — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:57:49 +0000

Exide Technologies says bankruptcy will not alter the cleanup of lead contamination at its closed Frisco plant.

North Texas Awaits Supreme Court's Water Decision

Shelley Kofler — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:06:00 +0000

Water districts throughout North Texas are awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could be announced as early as this morning.