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Plus: These DFW suburbs are growing—quickly! Share with a friend Merry Friday y’all, If you’re looking for a new business to support this weekend, let me bring this story out of Garland to your attention. When La Esquinita Panaderia y Taqueria was preparing to open its doors this month, the owners sent their landlord a…

Plus: Memorial Day weekend events Share with a friend Morning y’all 🌅 It looks like Barack Obama has tapped into Texas politics once again. Obama, along with Senate candidate James Talarico and gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, showed up at taco Tuesday together in Austin this week. The former president introduced his posse to diners as…

Plus: A new food festival is coming to Dallas Share with a friend Good morning, North Texas, Have y’all heard about the Meat Fight 1K? It’s not a race, but a food festival meets endurance challenge—if you can eat or drink at more than 10 restaurant stations set up on the course, you get a…

Plus: DFW Tastemaker Award winners 🍴 Share with a friend Hey y’all 👋 On this episode of “Everything Costs More Money,” the price of aluminum has been surging worldwide since the US entered a war with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz’s closure has affected everything from the price of car repairs to the cost of…

Plus: Texas camps struggling to comply with new laws Share with a friend Good morning, DFW ☕ I hope y’all have an amazing Mother’s Day weekend. Here are a couple of things I want to put on your radar this week. 👉 Friday is the last day to protest your property taxes. Here are some…

Plus: Homelessness solutions are working in Dallas Share with a friend Welcome to the almost weekend, y’all 😮‍💨 Before we get into ICE pushback, World Cup worries, and what DFW city Gov. Greg Abbott threatened this week, let’s take a look at the latest gas prices, before you dive into weekend plans. And let me…

Plus: Dallas restaurant goes big time 😎 Share with a friend Happy Thursday, North Texas, We are just a few weeks away from the start of wedding season, so I thought it would be interesting to see how much it costs to have a wedding in Texas right now. Let’s look at the average cost…

Plus: Working moms have it ‘worst’ in Texas Share with a friend Good morning folks, Before we move on to the news, I want to introduce you to the new COURIER Texas political editor, Brian McManus. Brian started with us at the beginning of April and has been writing state-wide political stories and editing our…

Plus: Your DFW forecast 🌤️ Share with a friend Mornin’ y’all 🍳 Let’s look at a few results from the local May 2 elections.  📌 For the first time in 40 years, a city has successfully voted to leave DART. Highland Park is expected to suspend their DART services this month, while voters decided to…

Plus: The best gifts for Teacher’s Week 🎁 Share with a friend Good morning and Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! If you’re reading this as an educator or a nurse (Nurses Week start on Wednesday), please enjoy your appreciation deals from Whataburger, Shake Shack, McAllister’s Deli, and Chipotle this week.  If you’re a parent or guardian…

The prize for best teen grillers in Texas 😮 Share with a friend Happy May Day! While this day unofficially marks the arrival of spring, it also serves as an international holiday acknowledging the fight for workers’ rights. In the US, in particular, it’s become a day of protest against billionaire agendas and Trump administration…

Plus: Ways to help on Adopt a Shelter Pet Day Share with a friend Good morning, North Texas, It’s Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, and if you’re thinking about adopting an animal, now’s a good time. Over the last two years, I’ve shared with you the constant crisis that animal shelters in the metro and…

Plus: A new jellyfish species in the Gulf 🪼 Share with a friend Happy Hump Day, y’all, Last week, we talked about trending baby names and the value of a name. A few of you wrote in with your perspectives, including one mother who said she picked such a unique name for her daughter in…

Plus: Frisco is building its own Central Park Share with a friend Mornin’ DFW, I’m actually going to start today’s newsletter off by taking us to Houston for a second. One of their local television stations is reporting on the demolition of an old mall, reportedly used for the long-proposed Texas high-speed rail. 👀 Plans…

Plus: Today’s the last day to register to vote for the primary runoff! Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Good morning North Texas, Do y’all remember the Dallas Zoo tiger cub that needed naming a few weeks ago? Well, the votes are in and the little girl was named “Rina.”…

For sale: See the $11M Baird Family Ranch Share with a friend Happy Arbor Day, North Texas 🌳 Here are a few things to note before you dive into the news. 👉 If you’re looking to buy a home, you might want to consider Plano. While all North Texas cities have seen drops in home…

Plus: A Dallas cold case is reopened Share with a friend Happy Wednesday 🍩 Do you remember when Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin named their newborn baby “Apple” back in 2004? For many, the name seemed like a silly celebrity-only move. Like, who could get a professional job with a name like “Apple?!” (But I…

Photo of the Week: NCAA gymnasts stun in Fort Worth finals Share with a friend Good morning y’all, Reminder: It’s early voting time for the May 2 election across Texas. In this election, you’ll be voting on school board members, city council, and local propositions. Both Arlington and Denton residents will vote for a mayor.…

Plus: AI at a high school graduation has students split Share with a friend Happy 4/20 y’all, It’s time to get high off the headlines. 😎 Before we get to an interesting story about one school district’s use of AI and my review of a North Richland Hills salt spa, let’s talk about the controversy…

Plus: Your weekend forecast Share with a friend Good day folks 🧇 A few weeks ago, I asked y’all when you thought we’d see our first 100-degree day.  It looked like it might happen sooner than later, but with the spring rain, I think we’ve seen cooler temperatures than expected. While a lot of the…

Plus: Earth Day events to check out 🌎 Share with a friend Mornin’ y’all 🌸 I was on a walk recently and came across this pink flower that took me back to playing around outside as a child. My friends and I called them buttercups (does everyone?) and we’d pick them, push them towards our…

Poll results: Should Texas absorb parts of New Mexico? Share with a friend Good morning DFW, There’s a lot going on in the metroplex this week, so here are a few things to remember.  📎 Trinity Metro users, to get ready for the World Cup, they’ll be a full-scale emergency drill tomorrow at the Fort…

Dallas has a new poet laureate, but what does that mean? Share with a friend Hello hello my people, If you’re still processing the total success of Artemis II, and you got to watch it all happen, I’m with you. 🥹 While the ride may be over for the crew, their morning playlist should live…

Plus: Mangia! Texas’ best pizza is in Lewisville Share with a friend Morning y’all 👋 Here are three interesting statistics I ran across this week. ❗ The largest private landowner in Texas has amassed more acreage than the entire state of Rhode Island. Peak here to see which states the Boy Scouts of America and…

Cheers! Fort Worth Food + Wine Fest is back Share with a friend Good morning, North Texas, Yesterday, I attended an event featuring a panel of artificial intelligence leaders, many of whom are working to ensure Dallas is the nation’s leader in AI. Here are a few takeaways: AI and your job Panelists said we…

Plus: Dallas owes $98M to Botham Jean’s family Share with a friend Happy Hump Day, I have to start off today’s newsletter with a Texas Tribune piece by our former intern Zahiyah Carter. Zahiyah spent last summer with us working on DFW stories and it awesome to run across her work with the Tribune. Her…

Plus: Fracking makes Arlington families “one big science experiment” Share with a friend Hey folks,  It’s the end of the world in Park Glen! OK, now that I’ve gotten my Hitchcock reference out of the way, let me tell you about the birds terrorizing a Fort Worth neighborhood.  The federally protected egrets are descending on…

Plus: Sleepaway summer camps in DFW Share with a friend Good day, North Texas 🥐 Here are a couple of things to know before you scroll. 👉 The Dallas North Tollway will have some closures this week, mainly on the Alpha and Harvest Hill Road corridor. Check this real-time map before hopping on. 👉 Also,…

Plus: 8 animal sanctuaries in Texas 🦒 Share with a friend Welcome to Friday, folks 🎊 Many of y’all have probably heard the latest country hit, “Choosin’ Texas,” by Ella Langley. The song has become the Dallas Stars’ unofficial anthem and sat at No. 1 on the Billboard Charts for four weeks. After 39 weeks…

Plus: Meet Dallas’ James Beard finalists Share with a friend Mornin’ DFW, Chocolate candy ain’t what it used to be, y’all. As families buy bags of Reese’s eggs and other chocolate in preparation for Easter, they should be asking, “Is this even real?” Folks have been sounding the alarm on social media for a few…