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Your unofficial guide to 4/20 in Dallas-Fort Worth
| April 4, 2025
From elaborate meals and treats to activities that will broaden your horizons, we’ve put together our favorite ways to ring in a DFW 4/20 celebration in style.
In Walworth County, neighbors rallied for rides—and rediscovered what it means to be a community
| April 3, 2025
The case that locals made for expanding transportation service to Sundays was different. They argued that the people of Walworth County didn’t only need to get to the grocery store and doctor's office—they also needed to get to each other.
16 best senior discounts in Dallas-Fort Worth
| April 3, 2025
Take advantage of the best senior discounts in Dallas-Fort Worth to save money on entertainment, groceries, and more.
Tarrant County Democratic Party lays off all paid staff, declines to share details
| April 2, 2025
Tarrant County Democratic Party Chair Crystal Gayden said Tuesday that her party is strategically restructuring, although she declined to share details on what that restructuring looks like. Lon Burnam, a Democrat who represented Tarrant County in the Texas House between 1997 and 2015 and remains involved with the party, confirmed that the party has laid […]
50 songs you won’t believe are turning 50 this year
| April 2, 2025
Can you believe that these hit songs are turning the big 5-0?
Telehealth for pets? It’s the cat’s meow, a Texas lawmaker says.
| April 1, 2025
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Animal health care experts raised concern that telehealth would lead to misdiagnosis and erode what little care already exists in rural Texas.
Texas State Veterans Home named for Tuskegee Airmen opens in Fort Worth
| March 31, 2025
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A project long championed by the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce to honor the area’s Tuskegee Airmen came to fruition March 22, as Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham hosted the grand opening of the Texas State Veterans Home in Fort Worth that bears their name.
What Trump’s dismantling of the US Education Department means for Texas
| March 27, 2025
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The Trump administration's plans to close the US Education Department — which provides $3.6 billion to Texas schools — has left public school advocates decrying it as "embarrassing, maddening, and saddening."
Congressman denounces ICE response about prosecutor operating racist X account
| March 27, 2025
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Last month, Congressman Marc Veasey, a North Texas Democrat, sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Deputy Director Kenneth Genalo demanding a swift investigation into James “Jim” Joseph Rodden, an ICE assistant chief counsel who acts as a prosecutor for ICE in immigration court in Dallas.
Making it in DFW: Dallas-founded Ann’s Health Food finds that compassion is good business
| March 26, 2025
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DFW chain Ann's Health Food Center & Market has survived 41 years by running a compassionate, community-focused business.
‘Striking close to home’: Zoning bills tackling Texas affordable housing crisis evoke emotion
| March 25, 2025
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As part of a potential slate of solutions to Texas’ housing affordability crisis, state senators recently examined a bill authorizing the use of small auxiliary residences behind a larger main house.
Federal investigators were preparing two Texas housing discrimination cases — until Trump took over
| March 25, 2025
Affordability | CIVIL RIGHTS | Community | Donald Trump | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | funding | HOUSING | INFRASTRUCTURE | lawmakers | laws | national politics | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS ECONOMY | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | trump
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.