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Forde-Yard Dash: College Football Playoff Scenarios Leave Room for Chaos in Week 14

Nothing is set in stone in the CFP, but there are a few near-locks (and lots of potential drama) as we await the final decisive slate of the regular season.

Sports Illustrated

A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026

Democrat Taylor Rehmet came within three percentage points of winning Senate District 9 — which voted for Donald Trump by over 17 points in 2024 — over his two Republican opponents.

The Texas Tribune

Democrat Rehmet, Republican Wambsganss head to runoff in special election for North Texas Senate seat

With the GOP vote fractured between Wambsganss and another Republican, Rehmet led the three-person contest for the red-leaning district.

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Texas Education Agency takes over Fort Worth ISD, replacing its elected school board

The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.

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Texas Instruments to cut 183 positions in its North Texas facilities, claims report — about 400 employees in total expected to be laid off due to closure of older plants

Texas Instruments is closing its older 150mm fabs, with the company laying off employees working in these older sites.

Tom’s Hardware

North Texas mom wanted for the murder of her 6-year-old son added to FBI’s Ten Most Wanted

Police believe Cindy Rodriguez Singh killed her six-year-old son before fleeing to India in March 2023

The Independent UK

Texas man set to be executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother

A Texas man is facing execution for the strangling and stabbing death of a young North Texas mother more than 20 years ago

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East Texans united to stop a water sale to Dallas suburbs — for now

After a deal to pipe water from Lake O’ the Pines to North Texas came to light, residents voiced opposition everywhere they could to block it.

The Texas Tribune

How Fort Worth supplanted Austin as Texas’ top boomtown

The growth is fueling higher rents and home prices in the North Texas city that was once seen as a more affordable option to Dallas and other major cities.

The Texas Tribune

Winter Weather Warning: These Texas Towns Face Flurry of Overnight Snows

Parts of North Texas are under a winter storm watch that will extend until around noon Friday.

Latin Times

How IndyCar's GP of Arlington impacts its future, according to CEO Mark Miles

The IndyCar Series landed perhaps its biggest catch under the Penske Entertainment era after announcing a return to Texas with a race on the streets of Arlington in 2026. The significance of the announcement was in the partnerships formed, with Penske Entertainment teaming up with the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys…

Motorsport

In a North Texas House race, two Asian candidates campaign on their version of the American Dream

A competitive Texas House race in the Dallas suburbs features the first Asian to win Miss Texas and the second ever Asian woman to serve in the state Legislature.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Obtains Court Injunction Blocking Biden Administration's Overtime Pay Rule

This isn't the first instance where a judge from North Texas has sought to block a federal overtime wages rule.

International Business Times

Severe storms knock out power at North Texas voting sites

At least 76 polling places in four counties closed after the weather left hundreds of thousands of North Texans without power.

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North Texas landowners trying to stop a reservoir that Wichita Falls calls crucial

State regulators face a critical decision this week on whether to approve a permit for a new reservoir that the city of Wichita Falls says is vital for ensuring enough water for the region. But some locals are fighting the project.

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Gov. Greg Abbott suggests he wants to bar transgender teachers from dressing in line with their gender identity

Abbott made the remarks as he recounted the story of a male teacher in North Texas who wore a pink dress for his school’s spirit day earlier this year.

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Jury rules against Texas professor who claimed suburban community college retaliated against him for political speech

The professor alleged the North Texas school violated his First Amendment rights when he advocated for the removal of Confederate statues and criticized the college’s COVID-19 plans. A jury disagreed.

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Proposition 5 on Texas ballot would create new endowment for ‘emerging’ research universities

If approved, the new fund would provide tens of millions of dollars to the University of Houston, Texas Tech, Texas State University and University of North Texas.

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5,000 Texas GM auto workers join nationwide strike

The factory in North Texas is considered one of General Motors’ most profitable.

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Why a North Texas suburban school district is opening a new health clinic for students on Medicaid

The new clinic met resistance from a vocal group of parents who raised concerns the district was overstepping its authority in caring for students.

The Texas Tribune

Amid anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, a North Texas college town hosts its third annual trans pride event

Home to the University of North Texas, organizers say Denton acts as a liberal enclave in the sprawling conservative suburbs in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

The Texas Tribune

“Let’s clean house”: Paxton tells supporters to lead charge in removing his Republican rivals who impeached him

Paxton named House Speaker Dade Phelan, a fellow Republican, in his brief remarks Saturday in North Texas. The suspended attorney general faces a trial Tuesday that would remove him from office permanently.

Tribune News Service

‘Yellowstone’ actor Mo Brings Plenty finds familiar feeling on horseback in North Texas

DALLAS — On a recent trip to Weatherford, Mo Brings Plenty defied the weather, riding horses in the 100-plus-degree heat and outside of cell service range at TR9 Ranch.

Tribune News Service

As the peso gains on the dollar, remittances from North Texas to Mexico don’t go as far

LA SAUCEDA, Mexico — Thanks to the generosity of Guanajuato’s sons and daughters living in the U.S., Adrian Robles Aguillon has added coconuts to the mangoes and watermelons he sells at his fruit stand.

Tribune News Service

Road rage shootings: Is North Texas heat causing people to become more violent?

FORT WORTH, Texas — The number of road rage incidents has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say, and we may be seeing even more with the extreme heat in Texas.

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