Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 85 and low of 62 degrees.
Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 82, low: 63.
Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Plano voters to decide on five taxes for a new Dallas Stars arena (dallasnews.com) — Plano residents will vote in November on authorizing five new transaction-based taxes to help finance a proposed Dallas Stars arena at the struggling Shops at Willow Bend, which the city would own and lease to the team. Supporters tout visitor-funded revenue and a new entertainment district, while critics worry about traffic, noise, and public money for a private franchise as key financing and traffic studies remain unfinished.
• The owner of a mental health clinic in Texas has been found guilty of a $26 million fraud scheme aimed at defrauding a medical care program for military personnel (news-pravda.com) — A mental health clinic owner whose Acuity TMS locations include a Plano office has been convicted in a $26 million fraud scheme targeting the TRICARE program for military personnel. Prosecutors say he lured patients with kickbacks, then billed for unnecessary or unperformed transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments, diverting millions into lavish personal spending and raising serious concerns about oversight of local behavioral health providers.
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Photos of three birds taken recently around our neighborhood. 1) Great blue heron, 2) Downy woodpecker 3) a young Bluebird. #DerekFengPhotosAtNextDoor (Nextdoor Knolls at Russell Creek)
Has anyone else noticed how low tree branches are hanging over the street right now? I was driving through the neighborhood after the rain today and noticed several spots where branches are drooping way down over the road and… (Nextdoor 544 Place)
Seasons 52 Fresh Grill posted a job opening for Sous Chef in Plano. Apply here.
Taco Bell posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Plano. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Plano here.
Republicans pour over $7M a day into Ken Paxton's Texas Senate bid as stakes rise: Report (meaww.com)
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Hinojosa says she's gaining ground on Abbott in Texas governor's race (dallasnews.com)
'Primetime' review: the consequences of performative justice (themarysue.com)
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Frisco to discuss long-debated animal shelter project on Tuesday (dallasnews.com)
At least 2 dead after shooting during party at LA strip mall: Police (whee.net)
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