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At CPAC, Viktor Orbán paints bleak picture of ‘war’ between progressives, Western culture


August 5, 2022

Frequently employing war-like rhetoric, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday told a crowd of conservatives in Dallas that the future of “Western civilization” is in peril — attacking progressives while imploring right-wing Americans and Hungarians to “know how to fight.” “The West is at war with itself,” Orbán said on Thursday, opening the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference. “We have seen …

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Preparing a stronger workforce and other takeaways from Texas higher education


August 5, 2022

Training, internships and more state funding will go a long way to preparing the talented workforce that Texas needs, college and university leaders said this week. The Texas officials gathered Wednesday to discuss the needs of schools, bouncing back from coronavirus setbacks and statewide plans to increase the number of Texans with degrees. Dallas College Chancellor Justin Lonon, University of …

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Feds reject Texas Medicaid expansion for new moms, calling it too restrictive


August 5, 2022

AUSTIN – Federal regulators have rejected a Texas plan to expand Medicaid for new mothers because the benefits are too restrictive, according to state lawmakers. Last year, the GOP-led Legislature voted to extend the safety net coverage from two to six months post-pregnancy. But the federal government, which helps foot the bill and has final say over the change, has …

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UT Dallas helps kids with hearing disabilities grow skills through summer camp


August 5, 2022

Camp kids laugh and scream as they run through an inflatable yellow and green obstacle course. Across the field, others play with hula hoops and bubbles while a game of duck-duck-goose is nearby. These children aren’t just playing yard-games. The activities are part of therapies designed to build their listening, speech and language skills. Each summer, the University of Texas …

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What a Sandy Hook mental health center can teach Texas about helping kids after a tragedy


August 4, 2022

Beth Hegarty sat in a meeting at her daughters’ school when she heard gunshots. Her second-grade, triplet daughters were in Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14, 2012, when 20 first-graders and six adults were killed in the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school. Hegarty’s children were “completely traumatized.” She never put her kids on the bus again. Her …

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Dallas nonprofit aims to break down barriers that disabled people face


August 4, 2022

Michael Susens is 25, a strong and serious-looking young man who likes model trains and video games. He has his own YouTube channel and hopes someday to make a living reviewing and playing video games. Meanwhile, he is eager to let people know who else he is. “I have Asperger’s syndrome,” he said at a recent community open house for …

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UTD houses half a million honey bees. Here’s how students and faculty are benefiting


August 4, 2022

At the University of Texas at Dallas, you will find over a dozen thriving beehives with more than half a million bees. Every semester, the university offers two courses dedicated to honeybees. The campus hosts so-called pollinator events, where students learn about and appreciate these insects and animals that help fertilize plants. And the university offers sales of honey that …

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Woman accused of fatally setting boyfriend on fire at Arlington gas station


August 4, 2022

Police allege 24-year-old Breana Johnson pumped gasoline into her vehicle where 25-year-old Ricky Doyle was sitting July 18 and then “intentionally ignited it.” Police said Doyle was severely burned, and they were notified of his death Tuesday Johnson was initially arrested on a charge of aggravated assault, which police said Wednesday will be upgraded to murder. She does not have …

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