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dallasnews.com — AUSTIN - House and Senate negotiators tentatively approved a state budget Friday that they say will all but erase the $4 billion cut to basic aid for public schools enacted two years ago. Exhausted members of a budget conference committee said they agreed on a package of fiscal bills that

dallasnews.com — AUSTIN - Texas lawmakers reached a deal Friday on a two-year spending plan that would restore $3.93 billion to public schools and clear the way for taking $2 billion from the state's rainy day fund for water projects, the leader of House Democrats said.

cityhallblog.dallasnews.com — Some of us thought Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm would remain in powerplace at City Hall until the Trinity River was filled with solar-powered water taxis and surrounded by toll roads clogged with passers-by drowning out whoever's rockin' the West Dallas Lake Amphitheater underneath a night sky ...

dallasnews.com — L ast month's collapse of a Bangladeshi factory building claimed the lives of more than 1,100 people, making it one of the deadliest industrial accidents in history. Many Americans are grappling with the idea that their demand for cheap clothing contributed to a climate that made a tragedy like this

trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com — House Democratic leader Yvonne Davis of Dallas says the House's 55 Democrats can't buy a "sham" school funding offer from Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio. "There is no deal," said Davis, speaking after a House Democratic Caucus meeting Friday morning. "We're going to try to put together what we think represents a final offer."

thescoopblog.dallasnews.com — Suzi Mendoza, 36, was reluctant to ask for help. Her home was one of a handful in the Rancho Brazos area that may be salvageable. For now, she and her family are staying with a friend. It was only at the urging of others that she visited the Red Cross shelter at First Christian Church this ...

dallasnews.com — Plans are afoot to build a major maritime museum in Dallas. You heard right. The $80 million Dallas Maritime Museum will be on a 3.5-acre site near the Trinity River, but more than 250 miles from the nearest body of salt water. Plans will be officially announced Friday morning by

dallasnews.com — For the first time, in an hour-long interview with The Dallas Morning News, Cowboys left tackle Tyron Smith opened up to share his cautionary tale about how money changes people and how greed can run rampant around NFL players who become instant millionaires. Smith's story is a must-read for any college football player drafted last month.

dallasnews.com — A massive cleanup and recovery effort got under way this morning in Granbury, where at least six people were killed and dozens injured by three tornadoes, at least one of which was likely an EF-4 with sustained winds up to 200 mph.

trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com — WASHINGTON -- Investigators trying to determine the cause of the deadly blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, have not ruled out criminal activity. Nor have they settled on a cause, according to a government official familiar with the findings, scheduled for release Thursday afternoon. ...

cityhallblog.dallasnews.com — Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm has told the City Council and her top staff that she will step down this year after she has finished preparing the city budget, a process that ends with the budget's passage in September. The announcement begins the close of a remarkable 8-year career as city ...

dallasnews.com — Tornadoes, large hail and severe thunderstorms tore through the western side of North Texas on Wednesday evening, inflicting heavy damage in Hood and Johnson counties.

cityhallblog.dallasnews.com — As Scott Parks mentioned below, he wrote am engaing profile of Dallas City Manager Mary K. Suhm in 2012. Included with that profile was a sidebar, '10 things you may not know about Mary Suhm.' Reprinted herewith: 1. She usually votes in the Democratic primary. In 2010, however, she voted in ...