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T officials repay agency for ski outing

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Three Fort Worth Transportation Authority officials reimbursed their employer $115 for a ski outing after questions were raised about their travel expenditures.

Photo: extremeski.org

4-year-old shot in car on Fort Worth highway

A 4-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder early Monday while riding in a car with his family near U.S. 287 and Miller Avenue.

Cotton Belt rail plan shows growing clout of North Texas agency

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ARLINGTON -- Many people thought the TEX Rail/Cotton Belt project -- a proposed commuter rail line stretching 62 miles from Fort Worth to Plano -- would never get on track.

But the North Central Texas Council of Governments, along with its sister organization, the 43-member Regional Transportation Council, is flexing its muscles like a full-fledged regional government.