
Taking a toll: Why tollways are the worst part about living in North Texas
by Joi Louviere
| February 7, 2025
Affordability | Community | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ECONOMY | GROWTH | INFRASTRUCTURE | lawmakers | North Texas | TEXAS | TRANSPORTATION
North Texas tollways are becoming predatory, hurting the region's most vulnerable residents as they shell out $100+ a month on toll fees.

Texas has a housing affordability crisis. Here’s how state lawmakers may tackle it in 2025.
| January 6, 2025
A likely fight over how much power to take away from local governments may dominate the debate. DALLAS — Buying or renting a home in Texas used to be relatively cheap. Amid the state’s economic boom, its once-celebrated housing affordability has slipped. Texas renters now spend more on keeping a roof over their head than […]

Trump’s tariff plan would raise prices and ‘reduce the living standard of Americans,’ economists say
| October 16, 2024
Trump’s plan would effectively be a sales tax that disproportionately harms working-class families and could cause a trade war that hurts US companies, economists say.

13 wildest lies Trump told in the debate with Kamala Harris
| September 11, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | Affordability | BLACK OWNED BUSINESS | Donald Trump | ECONOMY | EXTREMISM | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | INFRASTRUCTURE | JOBS | JOE BIDEN | Kamala Harris | LABOR | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | SMALL BUSINESS
Ex-President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met for their first presidential debate—and Trump unleashed a barrage of lies and misleading claims.

As more Texans struggle with housing costs, homeownership becoming less attainable
| July 3, 2024
More Texas homeowners and renters than ever are struggling with high housing costs — and the state’s high home prices have potentially put the dream of owning a home out-of-reach for a growing number of families. That’s according to a new report from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, which also found that home […]