The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº: T.C. Broadnax takes over today as Dallas City Manager. He’ll oversee an annual budget of $3 billion and run a city with 1.3 million residents.
Broadnax will have a lot on his plate. There’s a major bond election in the fall, a struggling police and fire pension system, crumbling streets and he still has to hire a police chief.
Broadnax was credited with fixing big budget deficits as city manager in Tacoma, Washington. for Dallas will be the bond election, the budget, housing and Animal Services.
Other stories this morning:
- Refugee Services of Texas says federal officials have granted waivers to 872 refugees, which will allow them to enter the U.S. this week.
- The State Board of Education today will discuss and vote on . Among the most controversial: Removing creationist language from high school lessons on evolution.
- Rushing from task-to-task and packing our schedules may not seem healthy, but a new study in suggests otherwise.
- If you’ve ever had a Fletcher’s corny dog at the State Fair of Texas, you can thank Skip Fletcher. He died yesterday at the age of 82.
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