Get a taste of 10 DFW restaurants opening in 2026
| December 17, 2025
CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | ENTERTAINMENT | food & drink | food and drink | frisco | HARDGATE | LIFESTYLE | plano | THINGS TO DO
You’ll salivate over these 10 restaurants opening in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2026. Skip “the usual” and head somewhere new for dinner in 2026. (New year, new eats, anyone?) There are many new restaurants coming to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in 2026, from steakhouses to sandwich shops and everything in between. Milanese food? A Mexican steakhouse? A tasting […]
Rep. Marc Veasey drops bid for Tarrant County judge
| December 16, 2025
DFW | FORT WORTH | lawmakers | local politics | political | politics | TEXAS POLITICS | VOTING IN TEXAS
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, announced Monday he is withdrawing from the race for Tarrant County judge, a week after his 11th-hour decision to run for the county executive post.
Colin Allred defends running against Julie Johnson for US House seat in Dallas
| December 15, 2025
Colin Allred wants to return to Congress. But his choice to run in the new 33rd Congressional District—and against the successor he endorsed in 2024, US Rep. Julie Johnson—sparked criticism. LGBTQ+ advocates said Allred shouldn’t try to oust the first lesbian elected to federal office in the South.
Dallas pastor: Texas ‘needs a fighter’ in the Senate
| December 15, 2025
Watch as Frederick Haynes III shares why US Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who announced her candidacy for the US Senate on Monday, is the fighter Texas needs.
Haynes, the lead pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas since 1983, is also entering the political ring. He’s running to replace Crockett in the 30th Congressional District seat in the 2026 elections.
Here’s what to know about the new Netflix House Dallas
| December 15, 2025
Netflix House Dallas is now open at the Galleria, with food, drinks, games, and ticketed fan experiences.