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Cass County and Texas will have an opportunity to vote on November 7. Depending on where you live in Cass County you will find your ballot will have some differences. What will be the same no matter where you live will be the 14 state constitutional propositions.

It can be officially announced that the specialty coffee chain Starbucks will be opening a store next to the Atlanta,Texas McDonald’s on Highway 59. To make room for Starbucks the old Henson Kickernick building that has sat vacant for several years was torn down. The proposal was presented at an Atlanta City Council Meeting earlier this year, but certain thresholds needed to be met for the plan to go through. Starbucks will use the inlet through McDonald’s to alleviate additional traffic concerns.

A new development in the decades- long fight over a proposed reservoir in Northeast Texas is offering Texans a chance to speak out in defense of private property and against the use of eminent domain for an unnecessary, outdated water project. The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is conducting a feasibility review of the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir. This comes after State Representative Gary Van-Deaver requested the review as part of House Bill 1, which passed the Legislature earlier this year.