DTX-PLN: Impact 10/24/2025

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Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano is moving forward with its $343 million infrastructure expansion project after breaking ground on a new patient tower Oct. 21.

What you need to know: The $343 million expansion includes a 696-space parking garage, which opened in November 2024, and the new patient tower, which is expected to open fall 2028. The 300,000-square-foot tower will be eight stories, with three additional floors of shell space for future expansion efforts, according to a news release from the hospital.

Zooming in: Texas Health Resources CEO Barclay Berdan said health care providers must plan to accommodate the rapidly increasing population of Collin County. According to the release, the hospital plans to have 563 beds in total once the expansion is complete, including just under 400 licensed acute and critical care beds.

Pizza Guys recently opened a new location in Plano’s Coit Marketplace, a company representative said.

What they serve: The eatery’s menu features a variety of pizza crust options including cheese-stuffed, signature, thick, thin and heart-shaped.

A create your own pizza option is available as well as standard menu items, including:

• Spicy Luau featuring signature red tomato sauce, 100% whole milk mozzarella, pepperoni, pineapple chunks and jalapeños

Two constitutional amendments on the Nov. 4 ballot would impact the operation and oversight of Texas’ judicial system if approved by voters.

The details: State Proposition 3 seeks to require judges to deny bail for certain felony offenses, keeping more defendants in jail as they await trial. Proponents of the measure, which passed the Legislature with bipartisan support, said in June that it would improve public safety by keeping violent offenders behind bars.

Proposition 12 would rework the 13-member State Commission on Judicial Conduct, allowing the governor to appoint a majority of the commissioners and requiring most sanctions for judges accused of misconduct to be issued publicly. The bipartisan proposition faced pushback from some House Democrats who expressed concerns that allowing the governor to appoint a majority of commissioners would politicize the nonpartisan judicial conduct commission and give Abbott more power to remove from office judges whom he does not agree with.

Zooming out: The measures are among 17 state propositions being considered by Texas voters in the Nov. 4 election.