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Senate passes GOP’s tax and spending bill with Cornyn, Cruz priorities included

| July 2, 2025

Following a 26-hour marathon voting session and lengthy, late-night negotiations, the U.S. Senate has passed its version of Republicans’ landmark tax and spending bill with both Texas senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, voting for the legislation.

16 Free or super cheap things to do in North Texas this summer

by Joi Louviere

| June 27, 2025

Here are some activities that are free or cheap to do in the Dallas area.

Photo of protestors outside the US Supreme Court protesting Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear

by Associated Press

| June 27, 2025

A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.

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Fun in the suburb: 11 top things to do in Irving, Texas

by Joey Held

| June 27, 2025

From stampeding mustangs to gondola rides around a lake, learn about all the fun things to do in Irving, just a few miles northwest of Dallas.

Here’s a running list of upcoming protests across Texas

by Zahiyah Carter

| June 26, 2025

Look to this list of upcoming events and protests happening in the DFW area.

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

by Associated Press

| June 26, 2025

ABORTION | HEALTHCARE | Medicaid

A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country’s biggest abortion provider.

Rural Texas could lose dozens of hospitals under Republican budget bill

by Jordan Zakarin

| June 25, 2025

DFW | HEALTHCARE | HTX | RURAL ECONOMY | TEXAS

Already struggling rural hospitals in Texas could be forced to close due to healthcare spending cuts under a Republican-backed bill in Congress.

dogs frolic at yardstick, dallas' new boutique dog hotel

A pup’s review of Yardstick, Dallas’s boutique dog hotel

by Joey Held

| June 25, 2025

Yardstick has opened two locations in Dallas this year. Here’s a peek inside the boutique dog hotel and what your pup (and you) can expect during a visit.

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Where to go paddleboarding around Dallas-Fort Worth

by Sydni Ellis

| June 24, 2025

Explore DFW on the water by going to one of these cool paddleboarding locations, many of which offer board rentals.

‘An all-out assault:’ Texas educators stand up to Trump, Abbott attacks on public education

by Katie Serrano

| June 23, 2025

From President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the US Education Department to school voucher plans from Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas educators are standing up to a Republican war on public education.