DTX-DEN: Impact 5/7/2026

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Denton to cover 59% of cost to expand sewer lines to Cole Ranch

The city of Denton will cover more than half the cost of new sewer lines for the Cole Ranch to accommodate future growth.

The decision comes after council's approval of a cost-sharing agreement between the city and the developments at a May 5 regular City Council meeting.

The details: The project will add 48-inch wastewater infrastructure to the Hickory Branch wastewater trunk main to expand capacity in anticipation of population growth, council documents state.

The sewer line will run from just southwest of Denton Enterprise Airport southeast across I-35W, council documents show. The line will replace the 17-inch line currently planned in the Cole Ranch operating agreement, Development Services Director Charlie Rosendahl said in a presentation.

The bigger wastewater line could dispel a future need to build another parallel water line that is projected to cost $17.7 million and save the effort of maintaining two wastewater lines.

The agreement is similar to the contract City Council entered with the Landmark development to in January, according to council documents.

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New Development

Craver Ranch development to receive new name

Craver Ranch, the 2,870-acre master-planned community in north Denton, will be named something new before the first houses are complete.

The gist: A name has not been selected yet, and Old Prosper Partners, the development behind the master-planned community, will work with a marketing agency to decide on a new name, said Teague Griffin, one of the partners with Old Prosper Partners.

Griffin said Craver Ranch was named after the family who originally owned the land, but the property changed hands a few times before it was officially purchased by Old Prosper Partners on Jan. 30.

For now, Griffin said the group is focusing on the logistics of laying out the utilities and easements for the development and that renaming the development will be a later project after basic infrastructure and utilities lines are completed.

Zooming in: Griffin said the development still is targeting a 2028 date for the first houses to be ready, though he said it might take a little longer due to the fluctuating nature of the housing market.

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Your Weekend To-Do List

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Night market

Murder mystery dinner show

May 8, 6-10 p.m.
Richardson

May 9, 6-9 p.m.
Fort Worth

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Lamborghini show

Mother's Day market

May 9, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Grapevine

May 10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Plano

More info

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Affecting All Texans

‘It’s not sustainable’: Texas House lawmakers study causes of rising health care costs

As health care costs continue rising in Texas and across the nation, state lawmakers are working to understand the factors that make health care unaffordable and what can be done to rein in prices.

The big picture: About 5.2 million Texans, or 16.7% of the state’s population, did not have health insurance in 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

For years, advocates have called on Texas lawmakers to pass laws to drive down health care costs and improve access to health insurance. During a two-day hearing April 30 and May 1, a Texas House committee examined why health care costs are rising. Lawmakers will discuss potential policy solutions later this year, committee chair Rep. James Frank, R-Wichita Falls, said.

What's happening: Yale University professor Zack Cooper said that since 2000, U.S. health care spending has grown three times faster than inflation. The average health insurance premium for a family of four is $27,000 per year, he said.

“Every family is basically buying a new Toyota Corolla worth of health insurance," Cooper told lawmakers.

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