TEXAS

Average Texas mortgage debt increased to $239,783 in 2024
by Stacker
| May 12, 2025
Nationally, median home prices over the past five years have increased by nearly 50%, 30-year mortgage rates have nearly doubled, and the number of homes available for purchase have fallen by a third.

12 DFW businesses to support during AAPI Month (& all year long!)
by Joey Held
| May 12, 2025
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW RESTAURANTS | food | food & drink | FORT WORTH | frisco | HARDGATE | History | HOLIDAYS | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS
May is AAPI Month. To honor the contributions of these communities, we’re highlighting 12 Dallas-Fort Worth businesses worth visiting.

6 places that host goat yoga in Dallas-Fort Worth
| May 12, 2025
animals | Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW EVENTS | DFW Lead Story | FORT WORTH | HARDGATE | HEALTH | LIFESTYLE | TEXAS | THINGS TO DO
Get your bahhh-maste on at these goat yoga classes offered throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records
| May 12, 2025
bills | censorship | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | dei | diversity | EQUALITY | equity | HEALTHCARE | lawmakers | laws | LGBTQ | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | women's health
If it becomes law, the bill would define sex based on reproductive organs and require state documents and policies to comply with that framework.

VIDEO: LGBTQ+ Texans condemn anti-trans bills as ‘insidious attack’
by Matt Hennie
| May 9, 2025
Ahead of an expected vote in the Texas House, LGBTQ+ advocates denounced two bills targeting transgender Texans — part of an onslaught of more than 200 anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed this session.