COMMUNITY
Juneteenth 2025: 4K Freedom Walk and Festival in Dallas
| June 13, 2025
Dallas celebrates Juneteenth 2025 with freedom walks, artist showcases, and entrepreneur events. Community festivities from June 14-19.
City of Houston partners with Reliant Energy to help residents beat the heat
| June 13, 2025
Anyone who’s lived in Houston for long enough knows that heat can mostly be uncomfortable, and sometimes even life-threatening, due to the emerging climate crisis increasing temperatures.
Step inside the worst-kept secret trend: Texas speakeasies
| June 11, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | dallas life | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | food & drink | food and drink | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | local | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS
Whatever it takes to enter a speakeasy—the bar trend making a comeback 100 years later—it’s worth it.
Texas lawmakers allocate $10M to support National Juneteenth Museum development
| June 11, 2025
DFW Lead Story | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | FORT WORTH | History | lawmakers | Lead Story | Local news | STATE | state legislature | TEXAS
The National Juneteenth Museum received $10 million from Texas lawmakers for its development in Fort Worth’s Historic Southside, museum CEO Jarred Howard confirmed to the Report June 9. The Texas House and Senate approved the allocation through the state budget, but it still awaits Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature. Howard said the state’s new financial support […]
Weed Shop Owner’s Plea to Texas Governor Amid THC Ban
| June 10, 2025
The Go Easy shop owner has planned for the worst, but still hopes Gov. Greg Abbott will veto the Texas Legislature-approved ban on THC in the state.
Mathias is sad about the way canna-business owners have been villainized when she believes their products improve lives.
Abbott can block the bill, sign it into law, or never sign it, and it still becomes low. Either way, Go Easy will still be around to sell their hemp products, which are not affected by this bill.
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