Frisco is one of many outlying suburbs that uses its one-cent sales tax for priorites other than DART. But Dallas Area Rapid Transit is considering ways to bring new cities on board without that required payment, reports DMN colleague Michael...
A Downtown Day Labor Facility may be in Frisco's future. The idea is up for discussion at Thursday's Community Development Corporation meeting. Anyone who's ever driven by the Depot Cafe on Main Street can see the dozens of men hanging...
Transportation leaders say toll roads are essential to keep traffic moving here in North Texas, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. But they worry that adding too many tolls, too quickly, could erode the one thing that makes them...
I can always spot the newbies at Frisco City Council meetings. They're the ones who turn to reach for their seats after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. But anyone who's ever been to a council meeting knows to remain standing...
Sales tax collections are out for December, and it's not looking any better for Frisco. The state comptroller's office paid out $2,768,760 to Frisco this week, an 11.6 percent decline from the same month a year ago. Sales tax revenues...
DMN colleague Matthew Haag and I are still hearing from people over last week's coverage on Exide Technologies Inc. and its battery recycling plant in Frisco. The latest news came Friday when the company announced it was withdrawing its application...
Frisco and Plano are similar in a lot of ways, but they may differ when it comes to alcohol sales. Frisco voters made their opinions clear when they voted against late-night alcohol sales back in May 2008. Then a smaller...
Blogger Bill Baumbach is troubled by the lack of separation of church and state as Collin County commissioners held their meeting at the First Baptist Church of Melissa on Monday. Baumbach, who blogs as The Collin County Observer, notes that...
Are you a good neighbor? DMN colleague Steve Harris posted a poll on the East Dallas blog just in time for National Good Neighbor Day, which is Sept. 26. The questions are based on the book Being Neighborly in the...
The Frisco City Council is still mulling over its proposed budget for next year and still wants to hear from citizens. Based on Tuesday's discussions, it's still not clear which way the council will go. At issue is whether the...
It's finally here - the day elementary students find out who their teacher will be for the school year. It's Meet the Teacher Night. It's also a time for students to bring in their school supplies and parents to fill...
Tonight's Frisco City Council meeting includes two items related to May's local option election that included the Denton County portion of Frisco. The first is the final public hearing on the involuntary annexations of several tracts in the city's extraterritorial...
Congratulations to commenter UTDGIRL4GOD, who correctly guessed the answer to Wednesday's question about the top event in Collin County. The Christmas in the Square is not only the most popular event in the county (even beating out the Plano Balloon...
The folks over at Frisco Square are always looking for ways to improve. Their apartments, offices and retail offerings are sandwiched between Pizza Hut Park and Frisco's city hall and library complex, so they have lots of competing interests and...
UPDATED at 11:28 a.m.: The NTTA voted 8-1 to increase rates to about 14.5 cents per mile on the President George Bush Turnpike, State Highway 121, now known as the Sam Rayburn Tollway, and the Dallas North Tollway. The full...
Collin County commissioners are exploring whether to spend nearly $160,000 to hire a chaplain service to counsel employees and their families. DMN's Ed Housewright has the story. I'm interested in your thoughts. Is this a good way to spend your...
Robert had an interesting comment on today's post about the neighborhood meeting to discuss the special use permit pending for a Wal-Mart at Preston Road and Hickory Street. He writes: "There is nothing there but a old gross Burger King,...
Which says "Welcome to Frisco" more - public art pieces or more traditional landscaped entryways? That was up for debate at Tuesday's City Council meeting as members considered a $25,000 contract for a master plan for the city's entry markers....
My musings on Monday about the new name for State Highway 121 have generated some talk in the office. So I tapped my colleague Theodore Kim for help. He has posted a poll on our Transportation blog asking readers to...
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