
The Black mother bias: North Texans want equity in the birth room and boardroom
by Joi Louviere
| April 13, 2026
BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH | career | DALLAS | dei | DFW | DFW-hardgate | FORT WORTH | maternal health | parenting | Texas Lead Story
Tenaj Mays of McKinney was in the early stages of her first pregnancy when she first realized her corporate banking job might really be in jeopardy. She knew about the motherhood tax—the indirect punishment put on career women who attempt to straddle work and motherhood. She expected, at least, a temporary pause to her corporate […]

Carroll Wiseman’s legacy was written in the stars
by Sam Cohen
| April 8, 2026
Artemis II | astronauts | Carroll Crater | Carroll Wiseman | Community | Friendswood | HTX | HTX-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | Local news | NASA’s Artemis II mission | Texas Lead Story
NASA’s historic Artemis II mission named a lunar crater after the late Carroll Wiseman, a former Friendswood nurse. Here’s what to know.

Inside Texas’s controversial social studies overhaul
| April 3, 2026
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | educators | K-12 education | public education | school voucher | school voucher program | state board of education | TEXAS | texas education agency | Texas Lead Story
The politicization of Texas classrooms continues as the State Board of Education (SBOE) will deliberate rushed social studies teaching standards next week that put a greater emphasis on Western and Texas history at the expense of other cultures.

Texas private school voucher applications are closed. Now what?
| April 1, 2026
DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | public education | school voucher | school voucher program | TEXAS | Texas Education Freedom Accounts | Texas Lead Story
The application period for Texas’ $1 billion private school voucher program ended last night. Here’s what happens next.

What to know about the 2026 Art Car Parade, Houston’s largest free public event
| March 30, 2026
2026 Houston Art Car Parade | artists | creatives | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | free | free event | Houston Art Car Parade | houston history | HTX | HTX-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | parade | TEXAS HISTORY | Texas Lead Story | THINGS TO DO
Houston’s wildest free event, the Art Car Parade, is back with 250 rolling masterpieces, 315,000 fans, and one unforgettable parade.



