Politics

In a Feb. 22 letter to the Commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Gov. Greg Abbott called for the anti-trans investigation and disclosure of transgender children.

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor (R-Plano) dropped his re-election bid after Republican candidate Suzanne Harp leaked news of his affair with Plano resident Tania Joya, the former wife of the deceased ISIS leader John Georgelas .

The Plano Chamber of Commerce , The Plano Independent School District , and the City of Plano joined Plano Mayor John Muns to deliver its annual meeting and State of the City address for 2022.

This story on this North Texas county's gun control fight amid sporadic gunfire in the neighborhood originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Local Profile . Every morning, Rachel gets up and prays "Lord, don't let me get shot today.

In June, Councilwoman Maria Tu was appointed Plano’s new Deputy Mayor Pro Tem .

Last week, the Texas Campaign for the Environment participated in the “Stop Insuring Trans Mountain” pipeline global movement and held a protest in front of Liberty Mutual in Plano.

It started in 1968 when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for civil rights. He and others saw the need for a “revolution of values” in America. So, they created a movement to help unite poor communities across the U.S.

This weekend, multiple city council races in Plano, Allen and Frisco held runoff elections following the May 1 election . And some were especially contested.

Collin County is a decent starting place for people interested in recent history of school funding in Texas. It has a booming real estate market, mounting corporate re-locations, and a population growth that never misses a news cycle.

After a tumultuous campaign season, McKinney Mayor George Fuller was re-elected for a second term as mayor on May 1, beating his two opponents with 67% of the vote.