Sachse City Council, addressing rising costs of a long-running street improvement project, on Monday approved a budget amendment that projects a $7 million increase in the project. At issue is work known as the Merritt Road Project, which is being done in conjunction...
A town hall meeting has been scheduled to give residents an opportunity to learn more about the city’s budget process and ask questions. The 7 p.m. Aug. 29 meeting will be held in council chambers and will be live-streamed and recorded. To Login to read the full story...
Voluntary Conservation Notice Effective Thursday, August 17 from 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. CT The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) is echoing a notice from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use, if safe to...
A Hudson Crossing screening wall replacement with a $816,500 price tag was approved by Sachse City Council, although many of the councilmembers were concerned about the cost. The project was awarded to A&C Construction, Inc. at the Monday, Aug. 7 council meeting....
Collin County Commissioners Court on Monday, Aug. 14, voted to call an election set for Nov. 7 on a comprehensive $683 million bond issue that seeks to address several issues within the county. Commissioners, at their previous regular meeting Monday, Aug. 7, approved...
Many school districts were scrambling to comply with a new state law requiring at least one security officer with a gun at every campus during regular school hours. The measure was a direct response to the worst school massacre in Texas history, the May 2022 fatal...
Texas voters will decide in November whether to accept $18 billion in tax relief proposed in a constitutional amendment. If approved by a simple majority of voters, Proposition 4 (Prop. 4) on the Nov. 7 ballot would implement Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) sponsored by Sen....
The condition of the city of Sachse’s finances was the highlight of a recent city council meeting, which focused on the current financials and upcoming budget for 2023-2024. City council members got a first look at the preliminary city budget during a workshop session...
Husband-and-wife team Hailemeskel Grum and Maregenesh Nurye said they thought making money would come easily when they opened their Ethiopian grocery store in Sachse last year. What they admit to discovering is that it doesn’t work that way in their current business...
