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Rendering of a new children's playground at the planned Fair Park Community Park complex [Image: Fair Park First and Studio Outside, 2023]
Texas Awards $3M to Fair Park First for Planned Community Park
by Lance Murray | Jul 5, 2025
The 10.5-acre Community Park is slated to be the signature project of the Fair Park Master Plan. It aims to be a dynamic civic anchor—delivering shaded gathering spaces, playgrounds, walking trails, a market grove, a fitness hub, native landscaping, a community pavilion, and a performance stage.
by Glenn Hunter |
Jan 23, 2025
At its annual meeting at Arlington's Globe Life Field, the Dallas Regional Chamber took a victory lap with Dallas-Fort Worth's multiple No. 1 economic rankings, outlined DRC priorities for the new legislative session, and heard from five leading pro sports executives why North Texas is such a sports business powerhouse.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 26, 2024
Texas' new statewide Business Courts—eventually 11 across Texas—are aimed at swift resolutions for complex commercial disputes. Dallas and Fort Worth join Houston, Austin, and San Antonio as the first wave of cities to host these specialized courts, opening on September 1.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 23, 2023
In its 2023 session, the Texas Legislature approved appropriations of $200 million for incentives to attract film production in the Lone Star State. The state is trying to compete with states like Georgia, who've gone full tilt to lure Hollywood productions to the local economy.
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Rep. Giovanni Capriglione discussing the Texas Privacy Protection Act [Photo: VoteGiovanni.com]
The Last Word: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione on How You’re Being Tracked and Why Texas Needs a New Data Privacy Law
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 12, 2023
Southlake resident Capriglione wants you to have a say in how your data is tracked every day, which is why he sponsored the “most consumer-friendly” data privacy law in the nation—the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, which passed in the legislature on May 29 and now awaits Gov. Abbott's signature.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 3, 2023
Electric vehicle owners across Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas could use an extra spark when it comes to EV fast-charging stations. Now two bills in the Texas Legislature could help spur expansion of the stations statewide—offering guidelines for how EV charging stations would be funded and built, and laying down how they would be registered with the state and be subject to inspections.
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by Dave Montgomery |
Nov 21, 2016
Former state representative led the effort to pass House Bill 51, which supercharged state efforts to gain more top-tier universities.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
