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‘More stressed, more unsure’: Texas educators start school year under new DEI ban
DALLAS | dei | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | diversity | EDUCATION | educators | equity | inclusion | SAN ANTONIO | state legislature | TEXAS

From lowriders to live music, here’s where to celebrate Hispanic heritage in Fort Worth
2025 | Community | CULTURE | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | FORT WORTH | hispanic heritage month | hispanic pride | latin americans | LIFESTYLE | recreation | Tarrant County | THINGS TO DO

Get a glimpse of the 2025-26 Dallas Cowboys roster
by Joey Held
2025-26 dallas cowboys roster | Community | cowboys roster | CULTURE | dallas cowboys | dallas cowboys roster | DFW | DFW Lead Story | football | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | NFL | NFL season | SPORTS | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO

I Scream, You Scream, DFW Screams For Free Blue Bell Ice Cream
by Sam Cohen
blue bell creameries | blue bell ice cream | CULTURE | DFW | food and drink | free | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | pecan pie | state pie of texas | TEXAS

‘More stressed, more unsure’: Texas educators start school year under new DEI ban
| September 9, 2025
DALLAS | dei | DFW | DFW Lead Story | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | diversity | EDUCATION | educators | equity | inclusion | SAN ANTONIO | state legislature | TEXAS
Educators speak out on new laws they face in classrooms, including a ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion and a “Parental Bill of Rights” that makes it easier for conservatives to interfere in public schools.

From lowriders to live music, here’s where to celebrate Hispanic heritage in Fort Worth
| September 9, 2025
2025 | Community | CULTURE | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | FORT WORTH | hispanic heritage month | hispanic pride | latin americans | LIFESTYLE | recreation | Tarrant County | THINGS TO DO
Looking for ways to show your pride during Hispanic Heritage Month? Several celebrations honoring Latino Americans and their cultures will soon take place across Fort Worth and Tarrant County.

Get a glimpse of the 2025-26 Dallas Cowboys roster
by Joey Held
| September 5, 2025
2025-26 dallas cowboys roster | Community | cowboys roster | CULTURE | dallas cowboys | dallas cowboys roster | DFW | DFW Lead Story | football | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | NFL | NFL season | SPORTS | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
The NFL season is upon us. Here’s how the Dallas Cowboys roster stacks up, plus the key games Cowboys fans should circle on their calendar.

I Scream, You Scream, DFW Screams For Free Blue Bell Ice Cream
by Sam Cohen
| September 5, 2025
blue bell creameries | blue bell ice cream | CULTURE | DFW | food and drink | free | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | pecan pie | state pie of texas | TEXAS
Blue Bell is partnering with Wing to offer an exciting ice cream giveaway for DFW residents. Here’s how you can get a free pint of the new Classic Pecan Pie flavor.

Here’s how Fort Worth residents can weigh in on the future downtown library
| September 3, 2025
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW Lead Story | downtown library | Fort Worth Public Library | LIFESTYLE | listening sessions | TEXAS
The listening sessions come about two years after Fort Worth sold its decades-old downtown central library building, and one year after it purchased a nearby, 100-year-old building as a new location.

A long drive: Dallas-area Hurricane Katrina survivor recounts narrow escape 20 years later
by Joi Louviere
| August 28, 2025
A Forney woman looks back on evacuating New Orleans and finding a new life in Texas.

Classroom doors open, but wallets stay empty for Texas teachers
| August 27, 2025
A study found that Texas teachers spend about $100 of their own money on school supplies.

It’s not in your head—downtown Dallas is getting hotter. Here’s what the city is doing about it
by Sam Cohen
| August 26, 2025
CLIMATE CHANGE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | downtown dallas | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | public health | smart surfaces project | urban core
Dallas is partnering with the Smart Surfaces Coalition to help combat the city’s increasingly hot urban core. Here’s what they’re planning to do.

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.

There’s still time to participate in DFW’s indie bookstore crawl
by Sam Cohen
| August 13, 2025
bookstore crawl | Community | CULTURE | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | independent bookstores | LIFESTYLE | reading | recreation | THINGS TO DO
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
| August 12, 2025
City councils have cut funding for programs and policies that consider religion, race, gender, and other identity markers.

My friend group tried Dallas’s coolest new take on shuffleboard (& yours should too)
by Joey Held
| August 11, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | food and drink | HARDGATE | HOLIDAYS | LGBTQ | LIFESTYLE | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
There’s a new game in town. See how Electric Shuffle elevates shuffleboard and provides a delightfully enjoyable group experience.