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(Op-ed) Kids don’t vote: How the media, public talks about Texas, Camp Mystic flood matters
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The Coolest Tattoo Shops in Texas — From Dallas to El Paso
Art | BLACK OWNED BUSINESS | Community | LGBTQ | local business | SMALL BUSINESS | STATE | Tattoo | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
Senate passes GOP’s tax and spending bill with Cornyn, Cruz priorities included
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‘The best ice cream in the country’: How Blue Bell Creameries became a Texas staple
| July 10, 2025
Blue Bell Creameries has been a Texas staple for more than a century. But how did a small-town ice cream maker become a nationally known brand?
How to help Texas, Camp Mystic flood victims
| July 7, 2025
After flash floods devastated Kerr County, leaving over 90 people dead and at least 56 more missing, organizations around Texas are banding together to provide aid.
What to know about the flash floods in Texas that killed more than 80 people
| July 7, 2025
Flash floods in Texas killed at least 82 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and left others still missing, including girls attending a summer camp. The devastation along the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, has drawn a massive search effort as officials face questions over their preparedness and the speed of their initial actions.
The Coolest Tattoo Shops in Texas — From Dallas to El Paso
| July 3, 2025
Art | BLACK OWNED BUSINESS | Community | LGBTQ | local business | SMALL BUSINESS | STATE | Tattoo | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
Here are some unique tattoo shops in the state of Texas.
16 Free or super cheap things to do in North Texas this summer
| June 27, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | HARDGATE | TEXAS HISTORY | THINGS TO DO
Here are some activities that are free or cheap to do in the Dallas area.
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
| June 27, 2025
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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.
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
| June 26, 2025
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
| June 25, 2025
Already struggling rural hospitals in Texas could be forced to close due to healthcare spending cuts under a Republican-backed bill in Congress.
A pup’s review of Yardstick, Dallas’s boutique dog hotel
| 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.
‘An all-out assault:’ Texas educators stand up to Trump, Abbott attacks on public education
| 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.
20 Fourth of July fireworks shows across DFW
| June 20, 2025
Discover 20 Fourth of July fireworks shows around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex on or before July 4.
The windiest city isn’t Chicago—it’s in Texas
| June 20, 2025
Four Texas cities made the top ten list of windiest cities in the US.