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Is Fort Worth Ready to Surpass Austin? Challenges growing a world-class city
Manage episode 419170212 series 2891953
SHORT STORY #1: Tarrant County Jail Deaths. TAKE ACTION NOW!
- WATCH: Video shows knee on Johnson’s back before death
- Silence from the sheriff
- Tarrant commissioner supports calls for sheriff’s resignation
- Jailer’s attorney joins those calling for the release of the full video
SHORT STORY #2: FWISD 3Bs
-FWISD proposes first balanced budget in 7 years
- TX schools struggling Dems say to Abbott
- FWISD school closures would mean bigger campuses
- FWISD returns most banned books to shelves
SHORT STORY #3: FW Infrastructure
- FW plans to move around millions of federal dollars
- Fort Worth removes minority business requirement for $479M trash contract
- Fort Worth’s Panther Island gets more federal funding
BIG STORY: FW 12th Biggest City. Is that a good thing?
- FW jumps to No. 12 in population
- Population boom in TX suburbs
- Ramifications of Growth
- FW kills proposed street maintenance fee
- FW streets identified as dangerous years ago are still among the most deadly
- TX surpasses California for food insecurity
WINS AND LOSSES
Ann:
👍 Awesome local events happening
👎 Unable to attend them this weekend
EJ:
👍 FW's phenomenal journalist and our commited listeners!
👎 Abbott Pardon Daniel Perry
👎 State helps Gillespie County
👎 NRA gets Visit Dallas Dollars
187 episodes
Manage episode 419170212 series 2891953
SHORT STORY #1: Tarrant County Jail Deaths. TAKE ACTION NOW!
- WATCH: Video shows knee on Johnson’s back before death
- Silence from the sheriff
- Tarrant commissioner supports calls for sheriff’s resignation
- Jailer’s attorney joins those calling for the release of the full video
SHORT STORY #2: FWISD 3Bs
-FWISD proposes first balanced budget in 7 years
- TX schools struggling Dems say to Abbott
- FWISD school closures would mean bigger campuses
- FWISD returns most banned books to shelves
SHORT STORY #3: FW Infrastructure
- FW plans to move around millions of federal dollars
- Fort Worth removes minority business requirement for $479M trash contract
- Fort Worth’s Panther Island gets more federal funding
BIG STORY: FW 12th Biggest City. Is that a good thing?
- FW jumps to No. 12 in population
- Population boom in TX suburbs
- Ramifications of Growth
- FW kills proposed street maintenance fee
- FW streets identified as dangerous years ago are still among the most deadly
- TX surpasses California for food insecurity
WINS AND LOSSES
Ann:
👍 Awesome local events happening
👎 Unable to attend them this weekend
EJ:
👍 FW's phenomenal journalist and our commited listeners!
👎 Abbott Pardon Daniel Perry
👎 State helps Gillespie County
👎 NRA gets Visit Dallas Dollars
187 episodes
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