The North Texas Tollway Authority and TxDOT heard from the public Tuesday on the proposed Trinity Parkway. A majority of citizen speakers questioned the wisdom of building a toll road in the flood plain and through a planned park.
Texas' fight to keep eight Air National Guard C-130 airplanes in Fort Worth may be paying off. In Congress, the House version of the defense spending bill strips out a provision that would transfer the planes to a base in Montana in 2014.
Today is the last day of early voting for the city council and school board elections across the metroplex this weekend. In Dallas County, only 18,000 people have turned out to vote early. County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole said she expected more.
The national Tea Party Express held rallies in Texas the past three days drumming up support for a variety of Republican candidates. The Texas primary is May 29.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is backing the Trinity Parkway, the proposed toll road between the river levees. The mayor asked four questions before making his decision.
