Latinidad Festival Brings Free Music and Mercado to Strauss Square Tonight

Outdoor night festival crowd facing a brightly lit stage with confetti

DALLAS. The Latinidad Festival returns to Strauss Square tonight for its fifth year, a free Hispanic Heritage Month celebration from 6 to 10 p.m. at the AT&T Performing Arts Center that puts mariachi, DJ sets, dance, a DFW salsa band, a mercado, and local food on the Arts District lawn. The grounds are at 2389 … Read more

Stars Home Opener vs Blues Puts Robertson Back, Duchene on LTIR

Stars home opener ice hockey rink under bright arena lights

DALLAS. The Stars home opener arrives Friday night at American Airlines Center, where the Dallas Stars host the St. Louis Blues to start the 2026-27 regular season with Jason Robertson back on a one-year deal, Matt Duchene already on long-term injured reserve, and a nationally televised spotlight on TNT. Puck drop is set for 8 … Read more

Josh Weathers State Fair Main Stage Friday Fills Fair Park With Free Music

Josh Weathers State Fair night concert crowd facing a lit stage

DALLAS. Josh Weathers State Fair night is Friday at Fair Park. The Fort Worth voice headlines the Chevrolet Main Stage at the State Fair of Texas on Oct. 2, a free-with-admission show in the middle of the fair’s 24-day run that gives DFW fans a local-rooted concert without a separate ticket. Showtime is 7:45 p.m., … Read more

ZZ Top With Cheap Trick Headline Irving Sunday as DFW Weekend Fills Up

ZZ Top Irving concert night crowd facing lit outdoor stage

IRVING, Texas. ZZ Top Irving lands at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Sunday, Oct. 4, as ZZ Top brings The Big One Tour, with Cheap Trick as support, a Live Nation listing that puts showtime at 6 p.m. at 300 W. Las Colinas Blvd. For North Texas weekend planners, it is the clearest … Read more

Cowboys Trade for Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. Ahead of Houston Trip

Joey Porter Jr. trade football game-day line of scrimmage action

FRISCO, Texas. The Dallas Cowboys are completing a Joey Porter Jr. trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers, agreeing to a deal that sends a 2027 sixth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick to Pittsburgh, according to the team’s announcement and reporting from The Associated Press, ESPN, and NFL.com. For a North Texas fan base watching a … Read more

Newsom Signs Braun’s Law and DUI Package After Pacific Palisades Teen’s Death

Quiet California residential street and crosswalk after Braun's Law DUI signing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 25, 2026, signed Braun’s Law and a broader package of bills aimed at cracking down on repeat drunken driving, after the 2025 death of Braun Levi, an 18-year-old Loyola High School tennis player from Pacific Palisades who was struck while walking in Manhattan Beach. Senate Bill 907, … Read more

Manor ISD Puts $400M Bond 2026 on Nov. 3 Ballot for Schools and Safety

Texas elementary school campus ahead of Manor ISD $400 million bond election

MANOR, Texas – Manor Independent School District will ask voters on Nov. 3, 2026, to approve a roughly $400 million bond package after the school board unanimously called a bond election built around Proposition A for facilities, safety, and buses, and Proposition B for student and staff technology. Proposition A totals $391.5 million. District materials … Read more

Newsom Signs Nation’s Most Comprehensive Data Center Laws on Rates and Water

California data center facility and power infrastructure after new ratepayer laws

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed what state leaders are calling the most comprehensive data center laws in the nation, a package meant to give communities more control over water, electricity, and land use as large computing campuses expand across California. National and state lawmakers celebrated the Sept. 22, 2026, signatures. They highlight … Read more

Newsom Signs SB 802 Forcing Sacramento Region Homelessness Joint Powers Authority

California State Capitol in Sacramento after SB 802 homelessness joint powers law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 802, a law that requires Sacramento city and county, along with Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights, and Folsom, to form a joint powers authority that will lead the region’s homelessness response. The deadline is January 2028. Reporting from CalMatters describes the move as appearing … Read more

Seattle Bans AI Grocery Pricing Using Personal Data in First-in-Nation Rule

Seattle grocery aisle with price tags as city bans AI personal-data grocery pricing

SEATTLE – Seattle will become the first city in the nation to stop large grocery retailers from using artificial intelligence and sensitive personal data to charge different shoppers different prices for the same items, after the Full City Council approved the Fair and Transparent Pricing policy backed by Mayor Katie B. Wilson and Councilmember Alexis … Read more