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• Future of Confederate Monument in Downtown Dallas Debated

  20-03-2018 23:57
  
  The City of Dallas will continue to take on the issue of Confederate monuments, art work and city streets named for Confederate figures this week.
  
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• Collin County Park Evacuated After it Catches Fire

  20-03-2018 23:34
  
  Officials are investigating after a Collin County park caught fire Tuesday afternoon.Photo Credit: McKinney Fire DepartmentThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Mexican Pasta Company Moves HQ to Cleburne

  20-03-2018 22:56
  
  A Mexican pasta maker is opening one of the most technologically advanced factories in the Western Hemisphere in Johnson County.
  
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• Major Water Main Break In Southlake Will Take Hours To Repair

  20-03-2018 22:53
  SOUTHLAKE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Southlake crews are working to repair a water main break Tuesday afternoon.
  The city says it could take water division crews up to six hours to fix.
  The water in the area has been turned off.
  Southlake water main break (City of Southlake)
  The city says the 12-inch main break happened at Southridge Lake Parkway between Bowie Court and Travis Court.
  In the meantime, Southridge Lake Parkway currently has one lane of traffic open between Travis Court and Bowie C
  
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• Watch: Plano, Water District Discuss Water Concerns

  20-03-2018 22:52
  
  Leaders in Plano will meet with the city's water provider Tuesday night to discuss growing public concerns about the water's safety.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• New Season, New Food for Rangers Fans

  20-03-2018 22:36
  
  Texas Rangers Opening Day is almost here! That means it's time to find out the newest foods coming to the ballpark this season.Photo Credit: Sportservice
  
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• Can Austin Stay Weird Despite The Bombs That Keep Exploding?

  20-03-2018 22:29
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Suddenly, the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan doesn’t feel so fun anymore.
  Keep Austin Weird (Amy’s Ice Cream)
  The beloved local motto — repeated with equal pride by college students, self-proclaimed slackers, 20-something tech hotshots and high-priced lobbyists — isn’t supposed to apply to something as sinister as the string of deadly recent bombings.
  The blasts have sent a deep chill through a hipster city known for war
  
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• Traffic Stop Leads To Drug, Weapons Bust In Arlington

  20-03-2018 22:11
  ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – When an Arlington Police officer pulled a young man over for a traffic violation Monday night, the officer discovered much more going on.
  Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson tweeted about the incident that led to the recovery of marijuana, Xanax, $400 in case and a 9mm handgun with a 30-round magazine.
  Illicit drugs continue to represent a threat to our communities in North Texas. Multiple drugs and a weapon with a 30 round magazine was recovered off a known
  
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• Famed Consumer Advocate Erin Brockovich To Visit Plano

  20-03-2018 21:53
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Famed consumer advocate Erin Brockovich is visiting Plano soon.
  Brockovich announced on her Facebook page that she would travel to North Texas on April 5 to dig deeper on claims the water in the area has become unsafe with high levels of chlorine.
  Her announcement came in the middle of a city council meeting in Plano were the North Texas Municipal Water District briefed council members.
  Directors with NTMWD announced it tested the water last Thursday and will release t
  
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• Tuesday is the Vernal Equinox

  20-03-2018 21:30
  
  Welcome to spring! Tuesday is vernal equinox ... the official start of spring! So what does that mean?Photo Credit: Brian James - NBC 5 MeteorologistThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Inmate Accused Of Getting Bogus Tax Refunds From Behind Bars

  20-03-2018 21:21
  BATON ROUGE, La. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A man recently released from federal prison has been rearrested in Louisiana on charges he fraudulently obtained more than $171,000 in state income tax refunds, mostly while he was incarcerated.
  John Michael McConnell, 39, was arrested Friday on charges of theft and filing or maintaining false public records, the state Department of Revenue said in a news release Tuesday.
  U.S. Bureau of Prisons online records indicate McConnell was released from federal c
  
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• Student Witnessed Shooting at Md. High School

  20-03-2018 21:04 via nbcdfw.com
  
  Student Terrence Rhames, 18, witnessed the shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland as he waited for his first class to start Tuesday morning.
  
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• Unexploded Package Bomb Also Found At FedEx Facility Near San Antonio

  20-03-2018 20:50
  SCHERTZ, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A package destined for an address in Austin exploded inside of a FedEx distribution facility outside of San Antonio early Tuesday. The package detonated just before 12:30 a.m. at the facility in Schertz, located about 20 miles northeast of San Antonio.
  Sources stated that the package, which exploded was moving from an elevated conveyor belt down to a lower section when it exploded. The box contained shrapnel including nails and pieces of metal, sourc
  
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• Americans Binge 17 Billion Drinks Per Year, CDC Says

  20-03-2018 20:45
  A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some striking findings on Americans’ drinking habits. The study focuses on binge drinking and finds that U.S. adults consumed an astounding 17.5 billion binge drinks in 2015. That works out to nearly 470 binge drinks a year for each of the 37.4 million people who reported alcohol binges.
  Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more alcoholic beverages for men, or four or more drinks for women, within a
  
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• Little Elm Building Park To Honor Fallen Officers

  20-03-2018 20:26
  LITTLE ELM, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Town of Little Elm unveiled plans to build what is being called the Little Elm Public Safety Honor Park.
  On Tuesday, city leaders welcomed the public to the site outside Town Hall where the park will be built.
  Renderings of the park show it will have monument memorials, walkways, trees and pergolas.
  Little Elm Public Safety Honor Park
  The idea to honor first responders came from the recent line of duty death of Little Elm Detective Jerry Walker.
  Det. Je
  
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• Execution Set For Killer Of 93-Year-Old East Texas Woman

  20-03-2018 20:10
  TYLER, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — An East Texas man on death row for the murder of a 93-year-old woman during a robbery at her home has received an execution date.
  State District Judge Christi Kennedy signed an order Monday setting 34-year-old Clifton Williams for lethal injection June 21 in Huntsville for the fatal beating and stabbing of Cecilia Schneider at her home in Tyler in July 2005.
  Clifton Williams – convicted killer
  Evidence showed Williams entered through a back door, attack
  
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• Richardson ISD Rolls Out New ACE Program

  20-03-2018 19:50
  
  Richardson ISD is rolling out a new ACE program at 4 campuses in an effort to bridge an achievement gap at some of its schools. Dallas Morning News columnist James Ragland explains.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Free Ice Cream At Dairy Queen! It’s For A Good Cause

  20-03-2018 19:21
  MINNEAPOLIS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Head out into the sunshine and grab yourself some ice cream … it’s for a good cause.
  With large portions of the country (not North Texas – woo hoo) preparing for snow, severe storms or tornadoes on Tuesday, the first day of spring, Dairy Queen is handing out free ice cream cones.
  I am #FreeConeDay, TODAY only. Start your summer fling in spring with one free small vanilla cone, only at your DQ. pic.twitter.com/OWBD3Vj9Go
  — Dairy Queen (
  
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• Here’s How To Stop Facebook From Sharing Your Data

  20-03-2018 19:14
  CBS Local — As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his company deal with a data sharing scandal that reportedly affected 50 million people, users of the social media platform have been left to figure out how to protect their personal information online.
  Facebook has reportedly called an emergency meeting after it was revealed that data firm Cambridge Analytica acquired the personal data of millions of Facebook users prior to the 2016 presidential election. The Federal Trade Com
  
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• DWI Video Of Judge Saying ‘I’m A F—ing Judge’ Released, Judge Still Beats Case

  20-03-2018 18:44
  CBS Local — A New Jersey judge who was filmed arguing with police after being arrested for drunk driving is now facing charges of ethics violations. The new allegations come after Judge Wilfredo Benitez beat DWI charges, even though he was filmed screaming “I’m a f—ing judge” in an impaired state.
  Benitez, a municipal judge in East Orange, Belleville, and Bloomfield in Essex County, was approached by New Jersey state troopers after finding him slumped over
  
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• Parents Turn In Son To Stop School Shooting Plot In Michigan

  20-03-2018 18:27
  CBS Local — A Michigan high school student who was allegedly planning a deadly school shooting has been taken into custody after his parents alerted police about the threat.
  According to reports, the 15-year-old student from Paw Paw High School had already stolen two guns from his grandparent’s home and was preparing homemade Molotov cocktails and a pipe bomb. “He came to us and said that he’s been really upset and said that he’s been planning to do someth
  
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• United Airlines Halts Pet Shipments After Several Animal Mishaps

  20-03-2018 17:51
  NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM/AP) – United Airlines is hitting the pause button on letting customers pay to ship pets as cargo.
  The carrier’s decision on Tuesday comes a week after United inadvertently flew a German shepherd to Japan instead of Kansas, compelling the airline to charter a private jet to carry the canine, named Irgo, back to his human family. Irgo had gotten mixed up with a Great Dane that was also shipped as cargo.
  (credit: CBS News)
  Two days later, another United f
  
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• ‘Heroic’ School Faculty Rescue Crash Victim From Burning Car

  20-03-2018 17:34
  WESTTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA (CBSDFW.COM) — Police are trying to track down school faculty members and other good Samaritans who rescued a person trapped under a burning car.
  Incredible video shows several people coming to the rescue of the person trapped in the vehicle.
  In the video, one person climbs on top of the car with a fire extinguisher to try and stop the flames from spreading.
  Soon after, the group gathers to push the car back over as a police officer and another person pull the trapped
  
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• White Tiger Cub Born at Big Cat Sanctuary in Wylie

  20-03-2018 17:07
  
  There's a new white tiger in North Texas, born at In-Sync Exotics, the big cat sanctuary in WyliePhoto Credit: Vicky Keahey, In-Sync Exotics
  
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• Bomb Carnage Across Texas Now Random; Arrest Doesn’t Appear Close

  20-03-2018 15:32
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — First packages with bombs inside began appearing on the porches of residents in Austin, then a wire triggered an explosion near a street, now this morning a package bomb has exploded inside a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio.
  The scene outside a FedEx distribution center in Schertz, Texas, where a package bomb exploded on March 20, 2018 (credit: Jason Allen/CBS 11 News)
  William Grote says the attack by a suspected serial bomber that has terrorized Au
  
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• Texas Animal Sanctuary Names New White Tiger Cub After “Star Wars” Character

  20-03-2018 15:31
  WYLIE (CBSDFW.COM) – An animal sanctuary in Wylie announced the birth of a white tiger cub on Monday, and he has a familiar name for “Star Wars” fans. In-Sync Exotics proudly said that the white tiger cub was welcomed on March 6 and given the name Kylo Ren.
  “Star Wars” Spoilers To Follow
  In the latest “Star Wars” films, Kylo Ren is the leader of the evil First Order, and uses the dark side of the Force. But he is also the son of original trilogy heroes H
  
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• Richardson: 'International Business Capital of North Texas'

  20-03-2018 13:58
  
  North Texas is growing quickly, both in terms of population and in business opportunity. Included in that growth is a strong push from international corporations into the region and, increasingly, into one city...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Shooting Has Maryland High School Placed On Lockdown

  20-03-2018 13:44
  St. Mary's County Public Schools in Maryland has confirmed that there was a shooting Tuesday morning at Great Mills High School. The event is said to be contained.
  
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• Sheriff Confirms Student Shooter Dead After Maryland H.S. Attack

  20-03-2018 13:44
  Sheriff confirms student shooter is dead after attack inside Maryland high school.
  
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• On The Menu For McDonald’s: Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  20-03-2018 13:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — The company behind the golden arches wants to get greener.
  McDonald’s on Tuesday announced a number of steps it will take to cut the greenhouse gases it emits into the air, including tweaking the way the beef in its Big Macs and Quarter Pounders is produced.
  The world’s largest burger chain said it expects the changes to prevent 150 million metric tons (165 million tons) of greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the atmosphere by 2030, equal to taking
  
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• North Texas Water District Reponds To Erin Brockovich’s Quality Concerns

  20-03-2018 13:19
  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Plano city leaders are expected to get an update on Tuesday regarding the city’s tap water. This comes less than a week after a famous environmental activist took to Facebook to express concerns with the water that North Texans were drinking.
  Erin Brockovich criticized the water quality in dozens of North Texas cities including Plano, Frisco and Richardson. She stated that chloramine is being used to disinfect the North Texas Municipal Water District’s supp
  
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• Can Companies Train Employees To Survive Workplace Shootings?

  20-03-2018 12:48
  CHICAGO (CBSNEWS.COM) – Paul Burt, who runs an employee benefits consulting firm, was on the phone with the vice president of a hospital when she blurted out: “There’s an emergency. I have to go.” Then, ominously, the line went dead.
  Worried about layoffs, a 50-year-old pharmacy worker had walked into the hospital with a gun and killed two of his managers before taking his own life. Burt’s business contact was among those who survived the shooting.
  “I could im
  
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• Arizona Crash Marks 1st Death Involving Fully Autonomous Vehicle

  20-03-2018 12:20
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A fatal pedestrian crash involving a self-driving Uber SUV in a Phoenix suburb could have far-reaching consequences for the new technology as automakers and other companies race to be the first with cars that operate on their own.
  The crash Sunday night in Tempe was the first death involving a full autonomous test vehicle. The Volvo was in self-driving mode with a human backup driver at the wheel when it struck 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg as she was walking a bicycle ou
  
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• Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge By Crisis Pregnancy Centers

  20-03-2018 12:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a free speech fight over California’s attempt to regulate anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
  The case being argued Tuesday involves information required by a state law that the centers must provide clients about the availability of contraception, abortion and pre-natal care, at little or no cost. Centers that are unlicensed also must post a sign that says so.
  The centers say that they are being forced to deliver a messa
  
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• Teacher Allegedly Leaves 4-Year-Old Alone To Buy Marijuana

  20-03-2018 11:50
  DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida elementary school teacher left a 4-year-old child alone while she went to buy marijuana.
  A Polk County Sheriff’s Office news release says 26-year old Marsha Dolce was arrested Saturday and charged with child neglect and marijuana possession.
  Deputies responded to a Davenport apartment complex Saturday morning and found a 4-year-old child crying outside wearing only a T-shirt and underwear. Dolce, who teaches fourth grade at Laurel Elem
  
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• Package Headed For Austin Explodes At FedEx Facility Near San Antonio

  20-03-2018 10:53
  SCHERTZ (CBSDFW.COM) – A packaged destined for an address in Austin exploded inside of a FedEx distribution facility outside of San Antonio early Tuesday, law enforcement sources told CBS Austin. The package detonated at about 12:25 a.m. at the facility in Schertz, located about 20 miles northeast of San Antonio.
  Sources stated that the package was moving from an elevated conveyor belt down to a lower section when it exploded. The box contained shrapnel including nails and pieces
  
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• Gallery: Colorful Spring Sunrises in North Texas

  20-03-2018 10:06
  
  NBC 5 viewers share their spring sunrises by emailing [email protected] Credit: Lefty Brandon
  
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• Package Headed For Austin Explodes In San Antonio

  20-03-2018 07:29
  AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Suddenly, the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan doesn’t feel so fun anymore.
  Keep Austin Weird (Amy’s Ice Cream)
  The beloved local motto — repeated with equal pride by college students, self-proclaimed slackers, 20-something tech hotshots and high-priced lobbyists — isn’t supposed to apply to something as sinister as the string of deadly recent bombings.
  The blasts have sent a deep chill through a hipster city known for war
  
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• Atmos Says Some Gas Service Restored: Customers Say It's Not

  20-03-2018 04:55
  
  Atmos Energy says service is "restored" in neighborhoods were some customers say they still don't have gas in their homes.
  
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• Plano Considers Future of Oak Point Area

  20-03-2018 04:52
  
  It may be one of the last corners of Plano where you can see cattle lazily grazing on farmland just off a major road, but future development may be inevitable. The City of Plano says it’s working to set out its...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Austin Bombings: Expert Concerned Bomber Has Gone From ‘Targeting Specific Individual’ To ‘I Just Want To Kill Someone’

  20-03-2018 04:28
  GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – It started with bombs in packages.
  But there is fear now that just simply walking anywhere could trip the next explosion in Austin.
  “They’ve gone from targeting a specific individual to ‘I just want to kill someone.’ That’s concerning,” said Clint McNear, a former Garland detective who now operates McNear Consulting.
  McNear understands what police in Austin are going through right now.
  Ten years ago when he was a detective at Garla
  
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• Dallas Unveils New Plan To Build Affordable Housing

  20-03-2018 04:02
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – To many residents, finding affordable housing in Dallas is easier said than done.
  There’s a housing shortage in Dallas of about 20,000 units.
  The city says six of ten city residents spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, which hits the working poor hard.
  On Monday, city administrators unveiled their long-awaited plan to build more affordable housing to the city council’s Economic Development & Housing Committee.
  Dallas resident Kathy Du
  
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• I-Team: Records Reveal Dozens Of Atmos Gas Leaks In Same Neighborhood Prior To Deadly House Explosion

  20-03-2018 04:00
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Atmos Energy may have missed multiple warnings about dangers beneath a northwest Dallas neighborhood where a house explosion recently killed a 12-year-old girl, according to a CBS 11 I-Team investigation.
  Linda Rogers was killed Feb. 23 when a natural gas explosion took out her home near Love Field.
  “I’m afraid it can happen again,” said Lisa Martinez, who was asleep in her home next door when the house exploded. “We just don’t know.&rdqu
  
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• Recommendation By City Staff To Save Confederate War Memorial Upsets Some On Task Force

  20-03-2018 03:55
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A recommendation by Dallas city staff to save the Confederate War Memorial in downtown Dallas has some people involved in the decision-making process upset.
  The same day last fall that Dallas city council voted to bring down the Robert E Lee statue in Oak Lawn, it approved a resolution, making “the display of public Confederate monuments… against the public policy of the city of Dallas.”
  “I don’t know how more clear it can be,” sai
  
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• Teen Who Used ‘Affluenza’ Defense Set For Release April 2

  20-03-2018 03:41
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A 20-year-old who as a teenager used an “affluenza” defense regarding a drunken-driving wreck that killed four people is set to be released April 2.
  (credit: Tarrant County Jail)More About Ethan CouchEthan Couch has served almost two years in jail for a revoked probation and is to be freed from the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth. He’s been serving a 720-day sentence after his 2016 probation revocation for attending a party where alcohol was
  
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• Abortion Impasse May Shut Down Effort To Reduce Premiums

  20-03-2018 03:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The polarizing politics of abortion have burst into the congressional budget debate, overwhelming bipartisan efforts to help millions of consumers who buy their own health insurance policies get relief from soaring premiums.
  On Monday, Senate and House Republicans released their latest plan to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s insurance markets. It calls for new federal money to offset the cost of treating the sickest patients and restores insurer subsidies that P
  
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• Texas Posts Final Draft Of Special Education Plan

  20-03-2018 01:48
  AUSTIN (AP) — Texas has posted a final draft of its plan for overhauling special education across the state.
  The Texas Education Agency has been working on the plan since federal officials found that the state had illegally denied services to students with disabilities for years. The posting sets an April 6 deadline for public comment before it’s submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.
  (credit: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)
  The plan posted Monday would create a professional statewi
  
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