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Stories about food
🚕 From Dallas to the Big Apple: A soul food restaurant that launched its first restaurant in downtown Dallas in 2020, and constantly lands on the region’s most booked list, will open its seventh location in New York City‘s Times Square. (Dallas Observer)
🛸 Food delivery by drone: Delivery by drone has arrived in Fort Worth through the Zipline delivery service. Customers can order from Chipotle, Popeyes, and several local restaurants. See how it works here. (WFAA)
🤩 H-E-B in the HEB: The Hurst, Euless, Bedford area will finally get to shop at their long-awaited H-E-B. The Mid-Cities grand opening is set for May 20. Check out new store details here. (WFAA)
Stories about politics
☪️ Islamic celebration blocked: The city of Grand Prairie has canceled a private party for Muslim holy day Eid at a city-owned water park, because Gov. Abbott threatened to pull the city’s federal funding if it moved forward with it. (KERA)
💰 DISD’s $6M bond: The results are in: All four propositions in the Dallas ISD bond package passed over the weekend, confirming the state’s largest bond proposal in history. Here’s what this means.
🚨 A battle with ICE continues: Dallas is trying to make it easier for police to work with ICE, while Dallas residents are fighting back against an increase the agency’s presence in the city.
📓 Second tier awarded: A lottery system awarded more than 53,000 additional students in the second priority tier private school vouchers. They are students from households with incomes at or below $66,000 a year for a family of four. (KXAN)
Stories about life in Texas
🤩 Free tuition at UNT Dallas: Through the Trailblazer Tuition Trust, UNT Dallas is now offering free tuition for students whose families make less than $100,000 annually. This comes after UNT and TCU launched similar programs earlier this year. (KERA)
🤔 World Cup worries: A recent survey of hoteliers in the Dallas area and Houston found anticipated demand for this summer’s World Cup is not translating into strong hotel bookings. An Arlington official is worried about anti-US sentiment.
🌇 Plano’s Reunion Tower: AT&T has outlined plans to build a Plano headquarters, with a 280-foot antenna tower at its center, featuring the company’s logo at the top. Get all the details here. (WFAA)
👩🍼 Working mom woes: WalletHub ranked Texas as the ninth worst state for working moms in the US, considering several data points, including the cost of childcare, unemployment rates for women, gender wage gaps, and parental leave policies, among other numbers.
🚑 The worst of care: A recent study found that the Hispanic population overwhelmingly experiences worse health care access and outcomes in Texas than other groups. Here’s why.
🎬 You could be “chosen”: Prime’s biblical drama “The Chosen,” which films in DFW, is looking for extras for Monday filming. Here are the requirements for different roles and how much they pay. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
📉 Resolving homelessness: Dallas nonprofit Housing Forward is seeing less street sleepers through its plan, in under a city contract, to find housing solutions for the city’s most vulnerable. See how the organization has improved its efforts towards permanent housing. (KERA)
🏆 Bookstore fame: Deep Vellum Books & Publishing in Dallas was named one of the 20 Best Independent Bookstores in America by Condé Nast Traveler. Here’s how it went from a nonprofit literacy center to a nationally-renowned bookshop.
🦅 Time to fly: An eagle couple recently gave birth to three eaglets at White Rock Lake. See how the eaglets are being protected as they learn to fly. (WFAA)
Stories about North Texans
👩🏫 Viral teacher: Kindergarten teacher, Sonja White has only been teaching for four years, but her classroom activities have gone viral, helping her amass a million followers across social media platforms. Here’s how this North Texas teacher became the internet’s favorite educator.
💄 The story of Mary Kay: Mary Lisa Gavenas’s new biography, “Selling Opportunity: The Story of Mary Kay,” recounts the meteoric rise of Texas’s own Mary Kay Ash. Take a look into the story of one of the biggest brands to come out of Texas.
🎁 You get a car! Lakewood Elementary parents and community members surprised their beloved crossing guard with a new car last week. Watch how it happened here. (Fox 4)
🛟 Retired & drowning: The rapid rise in the cost of living is leaving DFW seniors on fixed incomes struggling, with many living in poverty, a census report shows. North Texans give firsthand accounts here. (Dallas Morning News)
