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a new study suggests a park with trees and more green space will help cool the heat island in dallas

Project expected to reduce temps in Dallas’ heat island

| August 14, 2025

A groundbreaking project is planned for the SouthwesternMedical District that developers say will improve health and help cool the Dallas heat island. The medical district is working with the Texas Trees Foundation to add more trees and landscaping to the corridor and build a park in the middle of the 14 acres of land that houses Parkland Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Hospital.

Texas Senate Democrats blast ‘immoral, racist’ redistricting plan

by Joi Louviere

| August 13, 2025

After Democrats in the Texas Senate tried—and failed—to stop a vote approving a Republican bill redrawing the state’s congressional maps, state Sen. Borris Miles (D-Houston) delivered a fiery message to voters. The Senate vote, though, is moot as Democrats blocked the bill in the state House. Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to call another special session to pass the measure.

Jasmine Crockett claps back at Trump: ‘I know he’s unintelligent’

by Joi Louviere

| August 13, 2025

President Donald Trump tried to drag US Rep. Jasmine Crockett by criticizing the Dallas Democrat’s intelligence. She wasn’t having it. 📸: TMZ

Student speaks out against the current administration’s attacks on the 14th Amendment

by Zahiyah Carter

| August 13, 2025

Chinaza-Zoey Ukaobasi, a Nigerian-American student, is speaking out against the current administration’s attacks on the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection and citizenship rights to all born in the U.S. She says the federal government’s treatment of immigrants as criminals is unconstitutional and immoral.

24 dfw bookstores will be participating in the indie bookstore crawl through august

There’s still time to participate in DFW’s indie bookstore crawl

by Sam Cohen

| August 13, 2025

Through the month of August, 24 bookstores in the DFW area are hosting a bookstore crawl. Here’s what you need to know.

Dallas and Fort Worth end their diversity efforts to keep federal funding

by The Texas Tribune

| August 12, 2025

City councils have cut funding for programs and policies that consider religion, race, gender, and other identity markers.

Teachers and parents face record-breaking back-to-school costs in 2025

by Ben Treanor

| August 12, 2025

Another back-to-school season has arrived, bringing with it the familiar scramble of supply lists, clothes shopping, and, of course, financial stress. But this year hits different. There's an elephant in the classroom that's becoming impossible to ignore, and its crushing financial pressure is squeezing teachers and parents alike.