Mother of crash victim urges state leaders to improve tollway safety ... and more news

On the fourth anniversary of her daughter’s death on a Fort Worth toll road, Cindy Gerred urged local and state leaders to adopt stricter safety standards on Texas tollways so that a similar event never happens again. The February 2021 collision is frozen in the minds of North Texas as one of the deadliest crashes in state history, a chain-reaction pileup that killed six people and injured dozens. Vehicles slid on black ice after 36 consecutive hours of freezing temperatures. In other news, a state appeals court says Dallas can’t enforce a ban limiting where short-term rentals listed on platforms like Airbnb can operate in the city; Alaska Airlines will stop flying out of Dallas Love Field in May giving up a presence it has fought bitterly to preserve for years; And with three months until voters return to the polls, Dallas County officials are not waiting to see if its current voting equipment provider can fix problems that caused thousands to vote in the Nov. 5 election with incorrect ballots. The Dallas County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a $7.6 million contract with St. Louis-based KNOWiNK to buy 4,500 poll pad devices for voter check-in and licensing and support services for two years.

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