
The true stories behind 9 famous Texas brands
by Joey Held
| January 3, 2025
DFW RESTAURANTS | food | food & drink | food and drink | HARDGATE | old texas | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story
Every business needs to get its start somewhere. For these Texas brands and products, their origin stories are just as intriguing as their massive growth.

A North Texas lawmaker wants to make book banning easier in schools
| December 4, 2024
bannedbooks | bookbans | books | censorship | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | frisco | libraries | library | old texas | schools
Rep. Jared Patterson’s House Bill 183 would allow parents to request that the Texas State Board of Education review materials in public school libraries, challenging a book to be removed if they believe it to be inappropriate for the grade level or if it has “sexually explicit material.”

Texas’ new top cop pledges to secure southern border with Mexico
by Matt Hennie
| December 3, 2024
Col. Freeman Martin was sworn in as the state's top cop on Monday, becoming the 14th director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Author of Texas abortion ban blames everyone but his law for women’s deaths
by Matt Hennie
| November 15, 2024
State Sen. Bryan Hughes defended the Texas abortion ban he wrote just days after the end of an election cycle in which it was harshly criticized.

Puff, puff, yes: Voters decriminalize weed in Dallas
| November 5, 2024
Proposition R, which decriminalizes weed in Dallas, passed on Tuesday. It prohibits Dallas cops from charging people with misdemeanor pot possession.