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When Courtney Cecale moved into her North Texas house in the summer of 2020, she was in for a heat shock. The plants in her car wilted and died before she could move them into the house. Her two black Labradors, Carl and Tony, got sick. “There were just very small, minor things that, when you start to look at …

Under the massive transmission lines near White Rock Lake’s southern edge — where Oncor clear-cut a lush three-acre stretch of the Old Fish Hatchery nature area —historic blackland prairie blossoms are taking hold. The mulched-up gray wasteland of two years ago is now a native patchwork of dainty yellow, pink and lavender flowers, deep purple berries and multi-colored grasses hidden …

Richardson ISD trustees adopted a scaled back plan to ban cellphone use in secondary schools at Thursday’s meeting. The original proposal would have prohibited cell use by all RISD students in seventh through 12th grades. The board unanimously adopted a modified ban, which now applies to only one pilot campus, Forest Meadow Junior High. The pivot came after massive outcry from the …

Texas may be a fossil-fuel capital, but wind and solar power have been dominating the growth in electricity generation, and storage batteries are coming on fast. The momentum for a greener Texas is about to gain even more traction, thanks to a federal climate bill passed by the Senate last weekend and headed to the House. Known as the Inflation Reduction …

Hot and sunny weather is in store across North Texas today. High temperatures will climb into the middle to upper 90s this afternoon. The heat index will be close to 100. For those with respiratory issues, take note that an Air Quality Alert is in effect today. The weekend will be sunny, dry, and hotter with highs close to triple …

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved changing city policies to limit government resources used to investigate abortions, following several other Texas cities declaring support for reproductive care rights despite the state’s ban on abortion under almost all circumstances. The council voted 13-1 to greenlight a reproductive rights resolution, which bars city workers from keeping records, giving out information or doing surveillance …

The Dallas-Fort Worth area officially ended a 67-day streak without rainfall Wednesday afternoon — the second-longest such stretch on record. Just after 5 p.m., 0.11 inches of rain had fallen at DFW International Airport, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. Before Wednesday, the airport hadn’t seen measurable precipitation since June 3. The region’s longest dry spell occurred …

CLEBURNE — Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday said incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is incapable of solving Texas’ lingering problems, including curbing gun violence, fixing the power grid and providing affordable health insurance for all Texans. “We are running against someone who represents everything that is at odds with what our values are, not as Democrats, but as Texans,” O’Rourke said …

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the Department of Public Safety will be a law enforcement presence throughout the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in the upcoming school year. The DPS security presence of more than 30 state police officers was requested by Uvalde CISD Superintendent Hal Harrell, Abbott said in a news release. The 2022-23 school year will begin Sept. …

A 10-year-old was wounded Wednesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting, Dallas police say. Officers were called about 1 p.m. to C.F. Hawn Freeway near South Belt Line Road, in the Rylie area of southeastern Dallas, where a shooting had been reported. Police said someone in a red car drove by and shot at another vehicle. The 10-year-old was struck in …