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Aug 25, 2012 Share

Lawmakers Meet About License Office Waits

Texas legislators met Friday about problems at Texas driver license offices.

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Aug 15, 2012 Share

State Plan for License Waits Raises Concerns

DPS plans to implement touch-screen check-in at its license offices, but the commissioners that oversee the agency raised questions about the company the agency wants to hire. Read More

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Aug 15, 2012 Share

DPS Chief: Long License Waits "Inexcusable"

The director of the Department of Public Safety says he wants wait times at driver license offices reduced -- even if the state has to open the offices on nights and weekends.

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Aug 13, 2012 Share

Wireless Emergency System Not Reaching Many

An NBC 5 investigation finds a system designed to send emergency alerts to cellphones does not reach many Texans yet. Read More

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Aug 7, 2012 Share

Can $63 Million Shorten Driver License Lines?

DPS recently got $63 million from the Legislature to build six "megacenters" across Texas to try to shorten driver license lines. Read More

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Aug 6, 2012 Share

How Can Texas Reduce Driver License Lines?

NBC 5 learns Texans spend more time waiting at driver license offices than the state reports and looks at ways the wait could be reduced. Read More

Driven to Distraction

Jul 31, 2012 Share

FW, Dallas Officers Can Type While Driving

Local departments do not prohibit driving distractions that have caused police crashes. Read More

Driven to Distraction

Jul 30, 2012 Share

Distractions Lead to Officer Crashes

Some kind of distraction inside an emergency vehicle contributed to at least 70 crashes in 24 months, NBC 5 Investigates discovers. Read More

Restaurant Inspections

Jun 25, 2012 Share

Dallas Debates Restaurant Inspection Measure

A City Council committee authorizes the writing of a measure that would require every restaurant worker to take a food-safety course. Read More

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Jun 12, 2012 Share

Questions Raised Over DISD Salary

Expense reports obtained by NBC 5 from the Colorado school district where new Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles worked call into questions comments he made at a news conference defending the $185,000 salary of a spokeswoman he is bringing with him from his former district.