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A team of urban planning researchers at the University of North Texas is mapping out land-use policies across the state for the first database they hope will inform community conversations on housing regulations. The Texas Zoning Atlas — led by Lauren Fischer, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, and six graduate students at UNT — is an open-source data …

As a child, Fatima Ramírez spent her summer breaks in Guanajuato, Mexico, spending endless hours playing in the cornfields. During the school year growing up in Dallas, she remembers how her dad took her to White Rock Lake and explored nature by walking, fishing and learning about plants. “I wanted my kids to have similar experiences, to be surrounded by nature,” said …

After a cold morning in North Texas with temperatures starting off near or below freezing, it will remain chilly throughout the day as clouds roll in. Most of the day will be dry, but eventually these clouds will lead to showers toward sunset. Rain will be off and on for much of the night in DFW. Rain totals will generally …

On an early Sunday morning in July, Wendell Link of Coppell watched his neighbor’s house burn down. Link ran to his car and drove it out of the way of crews from three area fire stations. Walking back, he noticed that embers from the fire were landing on his roof, as were massive amounts of hosed water. Heat was melting …

For the first time in nearly two decades, McKinney conducted a Historic Resources Survey to evaluate undocumented historic resources as development booms. The city has grown from a rich agricultural center to a thriving area of more than 200,000 residents. As population has more than tripled since 2000, development pressures have made preserving the city’s historic resources — which can be anything from a residence, neighborhood, commercial building, park, school, …

SECAUCUS, N.J. — A New Jersey mayor says buses of migrants bound for New York City have been stopping at the train station in his town and others in an apparent effort to evade an executive order by New York’s mayor trying to regulate how and when migrants can be dropped off in the city. Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said Sunday that …

2024 started off dry and chilly across North Texas. Tonight will be rather cold with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s. Clouds will roll in Tuesday, followed by a chance of rain Tuesday afternoon and night. The rain looks rather light with amounts of a quarter to a half of an inch in DFW. Slightly higher amounts are …

Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip-hop performers, has died. He was 88. McCann died Friday in Los Angeles a week after being hospitalized with pneumonia, according to his longtime manager and …

1934: Born Dec. 3 in Waco to Edward Johnson and Lillie Mae White Johnson 1955: Received nursing certificate from St. Mary’s College in Indiana 1956: Started work at Dallas VA Hospital 1967: Received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Texas Christian University 1972: Elected to the Texas House 1976: Received a master’s degree in public administration from SMU 1977: Appointed by President Jimmy Carter as the regional …

Eddie Bernice Johnson, who served for 30 years in Congress, was a trailblazer. She was the first African American to serve as chief psychiatric nurse at Dallas’ VA hospital; the first African American from Dallas to serve in the Texas Senate since Reconstruction; the first registered nurse elected to Congress; and the first Black woman to chair the House Science, …