How Soon Until Every Dallas Highway Is Tolled? Tomorrow new express lanes will open on Interstate 35E, allowing drivers to pay to bypass the usually congested interchange from I-35E to Interstate 635. Meanwhile some Collin County leaders are pushing back against a Texas Department of Transportation proposal to make the HOV lane on U.S. Highway 75 a managed toll lane. Their counterproposal is to get rid of the HOV lane entirely, opening it up for all traffic.
ACE Cash Express to Pay $10 Million For Illegal Tactics. The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that the payday lender used false threats, intimidation, and harassing calls to bully borrowers. ACE also took on new loans to pay off old loans, purposefully driving customers even further into debt. The Irving-based company’s training manual even had a graphic depicting how to keep the vicious cycle going.
Abducted Boy Reunited With Father. At age 2, Drew Drees was taken to India by his mother, who didn’t have custodial rights after she and his father had divorced. Eight years later, she returned with Drew and was promptly arrested at DFW Airport after arriving yesterday.
It’s July 11. Free Slurpees, everybody.
