Caroline Love
Reporter - RFA Corps Member-
Collin County's voter turnout in 2023 was about 14%. That's double the turnout the county had in the last off-year election.
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Collin County, Denton County and school districts in Tarrant County had bonds on the ballot in 2023 to pay for projects related to growth.
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Voters in Collin County approved a $683 million bond package. Most of the bond will pay for county road improvements.
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi. The case could determine if it's legal to disarm subjects to domestic violence protective orders.
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An Arlington case before the Supreme Court, United States v. Rahimi, could determine if it's legal to ban domestic abusers under protective orders from have guns.
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Collin County voters have a county bond to consider on top of 14 constitutional amendments this election day. There are also several other local bond packages and races.
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Collin County has no public hospital to serve its uninsured residents. Local churches are trying to fill that gap with free clinics — but it might not be enough.
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Texas had its second-highest domestic violence homicide rate in a decade last year. The majority of those deaths involved a firearm.
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The number of gun deaths in the Collin County suburb of Allen almost tripled in 2023 — and it's not just because of the mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets.
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A Human Resources report has found that several Collin County departments are contending with high turnover rates.
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Plano's cost of living went up more than anywhere else in the country. The prices in the city are also higher than the national average.
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Most of Collin County — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's political stronghold — spent his impeachment trial living life as usual.