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Plus: Books & coffee thrive in Keller Share with a friend Good morning, friends 🌞 Last week was wild, with so much going on, so here’s hoping we have a more relaxed go of it this time. Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year—National Voter Registration Day. 🥳 If you’re already a…

Texas Democrats event counters GOP convention Share with a friend Good morning, DFW, Today is the day our nation collectively mourns the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. It’s been 25 years, and whether you lived in New York at the time or right here in Texas, the impact was significant, and those feelings are…

Plus: Hispanic Heritage Month events to check out Share with a friend Good morning y’all, If you’re in Dallas today, make sure you avoid the Victory Park area, as the American Airlines Center is hosting the GOP convention, and supporters and protesters will be in the area for the next two days. Tomorrow, I’ll be…

Plus: 3 Netflix docs about Texans Share with a friend Welcome to Labor Day Weekend! 🍻 It’s time to wear our last white outfits and enjoy the 90-degree temps while we have them. If you missed our events roundup in the Wednesday newsletter, plan your weekend here.  If this is more of a chill weekend…

Plus: Your Labor Day weekend events Share with a friend Good morning, DFW 🥞 There are two quick things I want to bring to your attention before you scroll. If you had a car insurance policy with State Farm in 2025, you probably have some money coming your way. The insurance giant recently started paying…

Plus: How Dallas is saving on groceries Share with a friend Morning North Texas, Over the weekend, a large fire broke out in the Dallas County community of Sand Branch. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because that unincorporated area made headlines earlier this year because of its decades-long fight for clean water—it’s worse than…

Plus: Wylie ends its Flock contract Share with a friend Good morning, folks ☕ Did you know that Dallas leaders are considering placing digital billboards inside city parks? The city is suffering from a budget shortfall and a deficit, and it estimates that the boards will bring in an extra $10 million a year.  *Crickets**Crickets*…

Plus: A map of current Texas wildfires Share with a friend Morning y’all, I know we were all sad to learn about the passing of country music legend Dolly Parton yesterday. The full-of-life superstar may have been Tennessee-born, but she sure felt like a Texan at times (the commitment to hairspray alone!) North Texans were…

Plus: DISD is giving away this old school Share with a friend Good morning y’all, As you know, the region is very much in a season of reinvention. Corporations and sports teams are moving around, restaurant and entertainment chains are choosing to expand here, and we’ve been constantly repurposing old spaces for modern use.  Take…

And why is FWISD filming its classrooms? Share with a friend Barnacles! I mean, good morning. No, I’m not a marine geek or a SpongeBob fan (hi millennials), but I am fascinated with the City of Dallas’ new way to get delinquent parking tickets paid—barnacles. That’s the name for the device the city has invested…

Plus: This weekend’s events 🍻 Share with a friend Happy Wednesday, y’all, Monday’s newsletter featured a review of Fort Worth’s Coyote Drive-In, and hours later we learned the theater decided to close. After 14 years, the screens will go dark for the last time on Labor Day. It’s so sad to see one of the…

Plus: 103-year-old Garland business announces it’s closing—with a liquidation sale Share with a friend Hey y’all, Is it just us, or has August already lasted approximately 47 days? We’re officially in that stretch of summer when the seasonal excitement has worn off, but the Texas heat very much has not. So stay cool, makes plans to…

Plus: A pause on data centers in Fort Worth Share with a friend Cowboys fans: It’s time to officially start getting our hopes up again. 🏈 The first preseason game is Saturday. The Cowboys finished last year with a 7-9-1 record—and a defense we’d probably all prefer to forget. (But hey, the team’s considered the…

Plus: Do you have info on 3 alligators shot in Fort Worth? Share with a friend Well, North Texas parents: You made it. School is officially back in session. I hope y’all are surviving the scramble of backpacks, lunches, late buses, drop-off lines, and whatever else the first week of school has thrown your way.…

Plus: A free warehouse of school supplies 🤩 Share with a friend Happy Monday, It’s only right to start the week with a laugh. I just about fell out of my chair when I read this story about a greedy raccoon getting its head stuck inside a mayonnaise jar. This precocious rodent, neighbors eventually dubbed…

Plus: A month-long indie book crawl Share with a friend Happy tax-free weekend, y’all. If you ever need to buy anything, this is one of the best times to spend money in Texas. The 8.25% tax North Texans usually pay will be slashed for a ton of items, but there are some parameters. We’ve compiled…

Plus: Whataburger birthday deals 🍔 Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Good morning friends, If you missed it in my weekly FM Texas newsletter (Ehmm, what are you waiting for? Sign up today!), all this month Whataburger is celebrating its 76th birthday. This means deals for days! Today, you can…

Plus: Will Buc-ee’s sue this late-night host? Share with a friend Happy August, y’all! I have a college friend who just moved to North Texas, and she needs your advice. While I think I have great expertise in the nuances of this area, good advice is subjective and ever-changing. I’m sure you know someone who’s…

‼️ Don’t overlook this Tarrant Co. race Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Happy Friday, y’all! Well, it’s maybe not the happiest for my pro-cannabis folks. Today begins the latest hit to Texas’ hemp industry—a ban on Delta-8. After Texas issued a flower and smokeable hemp ban this spring, a…

Plus: The monopoly game for Texas cities Share with a friend Good morning friends, Many of you may remember that this newsletter used to have a section on Wednesdays that highlighted the strangest thing I’d seen on Facebook Marketplace that week. Even though I’ve removed that section, I still peruse the listings for funny and…

Plus: The data center convo heats up Share with a friend Mornin’ y’all, I need to admit something— I was today-years-old when I found out that the cartoon “King of the Hill” is set in North Texas. Don’t worry, I feel adequately ashamed. Since the show premiered in 1997, it depicted the fictional town of…

Plus: Fort Worth makes the greats list Share with a friend Hey y’all, If you’ve ever seen people protesting on a bridge as you travel across the highway underneath it, know that it’s a coordinated effort. All across the metro, folks aren’t just waking up and deciding to take an old protest poster board out…

Plus: This ‘grandma hobby’ is back Share with a friend Happy Wednesday folks, In case you missed it, the House voted to end daylight saving time last week, issuing a 308-117 vote in favor of passing The Sunshine Protection Act. The long days/short nights thing we have goin’ on would be permanent, but the measure…

Plus: Collin Co. residents need this salary Share with a friend Hey hey y’all, I’m gonna start us off today with a big YIKES of a story. CNBC recently dropped its rankings of the worst states in America and listed Texas as No. 2. 😫 The economic news site used crime rates, healthcare access, air…

Plus: Water activities in DFW 👙 Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Happy Friday, y’all, We can officially reclaim our metro again as the World Cup craziness is almost completely gone—the last bunch of watch parties are happening tomorrow and Sunday for the semifinal and final matches.  It may take…

Plus: This walking meetup is taking off 🏃‍➡️ Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Good morning DFW, Before we get into our local rundown, a reminder that I’m finally launching the Courier Texas statewide newsletter, Farm to Market Texas, tomorrow! This might be the “Friendship State,” but Texas is very…

Plus: Jaw-dropping food from a pink house 🤤 Share with a friend Happy Monday folks, ‘Tis the season for camping trips, and the Airbnb of camping, Hip Camp, has released its list of the 50 best campsites in the US. Texas’ only mention had an interesting feature—llamas.  Llama Land Ranch is a 101-acre property that…

Plus: A parasite outbreak update 🪱 Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Good morning, North Texas, Let’s start with some fun trivia, inspired by the wedding of the year. Over Fourth of July Weekend, pop star Taylor Swift married Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New…

Plus: Texas isn’t as patriotic as you’d think Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Happy Hump Day y’all, It’s appears we’ve done it—North Texas hit 100 degrees yesterday in the 3 p.m. hour. If you didn’t experience it first-hand, oh don’t you worry—we’re supposed to hit 100 again tomorrow. See…

Plus: Did you know Dallas once hosted a Formula One Grand Prix? Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Hey y’all, After a long weekend, Monday can feel especially Monday-ish, amirite? But I can’t stop thinking about this quote from Katie’s story below. It’s from a Fort Worth resident upset about…