FORT WORTH, Trinity Metro’s board approved a fiscal year 2027 budget of about $204.5 million in spending on Monday around Sept. 22, 2026, cutting roughly $17.8 million from the FY2026 adopted plan while still advancing a Trinity Railway Express double-track project and a 2.1-mile TEXRail extension into the Near Southside/Medical District with a Mistletoe Boulevard … Read more
GARLAND, The Garland City Council adopted the fiscal year 2026-27 operating budget and a property tax rate of 67.99 cents per $100 of taxable value on Aug. 17, 2026, about one cent lower than the current rate, while calling a November tax-rate election that would ask voters to shift three cents from debt service to … Read more
HOUSTON. The Cowboys Texans rematch arrives Sunday at noon CT in Reliant Stadium, with Dallas at 1-2, Houston at 0-3, and newly acquired cornerback Joey Porter Jr. cleared to make his Cowboys debut after two practices and no injury designation. Both sides need a win after rough September starts. For North Texas fans, the stakes … Read more
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
DALLAS, Five Dallas City Council members asked in an Aug. 11, 2026 memorandum for a public hearing path to rewrite how the city regulates hyperscale data centers, which today are commonly slotted as “communications exchange facilities” allowed by right in many nonresidential zones under Dallas Development Code Section 51A-4.212(4). Councilmember Chad West’s filing, joined by … Read more
FORT WORTH, Trinity Metro’s adopted Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget plans $203.3 million in operating revenue and $174.1 million in operating expenses, with sales-tax receipts covering about 59% of that revenue base, according to the agency’s FY26 Budget Book. Fort Worth sales-tax revenue alone is budgeted at $118.9 million. Combined sales-tax contributions from Grapevine and … Read more
LEWISVILLE, Lewisville ISD trustees adopted a 2026-27 property tax rate of $1.0778 per $100 of valuation on Aug. 27, 2026, the lowest total the district says it has set since at least 1999, while still projecting a $7.3 million operating deficit driven largely by staff pay and health-insurance costs. The maintenance and operations (M&O) piece … Read more
PROSPER, Prosper ISD trustees cut the district’s 2026-27 property tax rate to $1.2011 per $100 of valuation on Aug. 24, 2026, a $0.0130 drop from $1.2141, while the earlier June budget package still showed a combined $42.2 million shortfall against a $565.6 million spending plan. Chief Financial Officer Keri Croy, speaking in board materials covered … Read more
MCKINNEY, McKinney City Council adopted an approximately $880.5 million Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget on Sept. 1, 2026, and held the city property tax rate at $0.412284 per $100 of taxable value, the same total as the prior year, according to the city’s official news release and budget table. The all-funds total on the city’s Budget … Read more
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