11 places that prove Plano is anything but plain
| July 30, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DFW | ENTERTAINMENT | food and drink | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | outdoor recreation | plano | recreation | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
As one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, there are so many things to do in Plano, Texas. Check out 11 of our favorite activities.
North Texans fight back against ‘racist’ redistricting
| July 29, 2025
Hundreds of people testified against the redrawing of congressional maps during a hearing at the University of Texas at Arlington on Monday.
The guerrilla campaign to save a Texas prairie from ‘silent extinction’
| July 28, 2025
CLIMATE CHANGE | Community | conservation | CULTURE | DFW | environmentalism | native plants | prairie | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS
Students and naturalists have been sneaking onto private land to extricate threatened native plants: “This is a war between us and the developers, and nobody’s calling uncle.”
Greg Abbott targets redistricting, abortion pills, trans people in special session
| July 23, 2025
Texas Democrats criticized Gov. Greg Abbott’s special legislative session as “cruel” for including redistricting, seeking to ban abortion pills, and targeting trans people.
How DFW became one of the busiest airports in the world (+ some of the coolest flights you can take)
| July 22, 2025
airport | airports | CULTURE | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | DFW | DFW Lead Story | flights | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | TEXAS | tourism | TRAVEL
Learn how Dallas Fort Worth International Airport has turned into one of the most popular airports in the world, both in passengers served and flights flown.