How more Texas universities are bending the knee to far-right extremism
| April 21, 2026
college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | DFW | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | North Texas | Texas Lead Story | university | University of North Texas | university of texas at arlington
Staff at both the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of North Texas have been fired for allegedly violating the state’s diversity, equity, and inclusion ban.
Higher education advocates call on lawmakers to fight for academic freedom in Texas
| April 14, 2026
college | COLLEGE STUDENTS | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | education department | educators | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | public education | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS LEADERS | university | University of North Texas | University of Texas at Austin
A coalition of educators and union members are calling on Texas lawmakers to adopt a new policy platform that centers the needs of workers and students over billionaires and corporate interests at higher education institutions.
DART, Texas’ largest public transit system, may come undone in 2026
| January 5, 2026
buses | Carrollton | Community | CULTURE | Dallas Area Rapid Transit | DART | DFW | farmers branch | highland park | irving | LIFESTYLE | light rail | microtransit | plano | public transit | rural | silver line | suburbs | TEXAS | University of North Texas
A suburban mutiny against North Texas’ largest public transit agency threatens to upend how tens of thousands of Texans get around in the state’s most populated urban area — at a time state transportation planners say the state needs more public transit.