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PepsiCo Senior Director Discusses Making Serious Investments, Changes for Black Businesses and Communities

PepsiCo Senior Director Discusses Making Serious Investments, Changes for Black Businesses and Communities

Small businesses are struggling to survive in the midst of a global pandemic, but Black-owned businesses are being hit the hardest.
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Plano Mayor's Summer Internship Ends with Drive-by Parade Celebration

Plano Mayor's Summer Internship Ends with Drive-by Parade Celebration

Armed with cowbells, clackers, and pom-poms, Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere, elected officials, business leaders, and sponsors erupted with excitement Saturday as the interns from the Plano mayor's summer internship program drove by in decorated cars
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Plano City Council to Determine Fate of Affordable Housing Development For Seniors Desperately Seeking a Home

Plano City Council to Determine Fate of Affordable Housing Development For Seniors Desperately Seeking a Home

In the 46 years that she has lived in Plano, Mary Alice Garza has seen a lot of people move into her tree-lined suburb just north of Dallas. Young people have moved here for the schools and businesses.
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Collin County Child Care Centers, Children and Parents Struggle to Adjust During COVID-19 Pandemic

Collin County Child Care Centers, Children and Parents Struggle to Adjust During COVID-19 Pandemic

Jasmine Strange of Plano gets up early during these days of the pandemic to get her young children ready for daycare before heading into work. The 30-year-old mother has to make sure 6-year-old Antonio and 1-year-old Jaydon wash their hands.
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Another Development Changing the Face of Texas in Collin County

Another Development Changing the Face of Texas in Collin County

In the midst of a global pandemic and skyrocketing unemployment, Allen-based developer JaRyCo is moving forward with construction on The Farm in Allen, a new 135-acre mixed-use development in an area of North Texas booming with them.
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Why A Plano Spa Owner Was Ready to Close Shop in Protest of City Council’s Mask Ordinance

Why A Plano Spa Owner Was Ready to Close Shop in Protest of City Council’s Mask Ordinance

Plano massage therapist Julie Alexander’s mask protest ended almost as fast as it began when, on Thursday, Governor Greg Abbott ordered all Texans to wear masks in public.
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Local Leader Ralph Harper Charts a Path for Black Americans to Succeed

Local Leader Ralph Harper Charts a Path for Black Americans to Succeed

Ralph Harper was a young boy when he watched a childhood friend get beaten with an extension cord. His friend's mother wielded it. She had ordered her son to lie down on a table and proceeded to beat him with it.
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Black-owned Bookstores Step Up to Educate Texans about Black History

Black-owned Bookstores Step Up to Educate Texans about Black History

As a teenager, E. Jean Pemberton Jones attended a Dallas public school with a primarily Black student population. Though she remembers having access to literature written by Black authors — such as Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Dr.
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Gov. Abbott Closes Bars, Limits Restaurant Capacity

Gov. Abbott Closes Bars, Limits Restaurant Capacity

"Openin' 'em up, boys," Gov. Greg Abbott told bar owners in early June. Shouts of joy resounded across the Lone Star State, and Texans flooded the bars, many ignoring social distancing requirements and other COVID-19 guidelines. Gov.
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McKinney City Council Declares Another Victory for Small Businesses in Collin County

McKinney City Council Declares Another Victory for Small Businesses in Collin County

On Tuesday afternoon, McKinney City Council members unanimously approved their portion of the Tri-City Collin County Small Business Grant Program to save small locally owned businesses threatened by the economic repercussions from the COVID-19 outbre
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