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Texas homeowners must now verify homestead exemptions every 5 years — or risk losing it
If you get a letter from your appraisal district asking you to verify your homestead exemption, don't ignore it. Those who don't respond could end up losing their exemption and paying more in taxes. Here's what you need to do.
Two North Texas roads become hazardous due to sprinklers being left on, officials say
Dallas County Sheriff’s Office traffic deputies responded to an accident around 8:30 a.m. Jan 23 at 34511 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, officials said in a social media post. The westbound service road near Bonnie View Road was closed while deputies worked to clear the accident and treat the road.
Dallas hires city manager who slashed building permit times
Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, already interim manager after T.C. Broadnax’s resignation, was also behind a massive property-tax rate cut.
Texas EquuSearch to expand search for missing 8-year-old near Dallas
Texas EquuSearch will expand its search for 8-year-old Clara Robinson who went missing after her family’s vehicle was swept away by floodwaters.
Advocates raise concerns for North Texas children over Trump's immigration reforms, policy changes
More than a third of children in Texas are immigrants or children of immigrants, according to Children at Risk.
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2 bald eagles hatch at Dallas-area wetland center
COMBINE, Texas - North Texas is now home to two new baby bald eagles. On Wednesday afternoon, the eaglets hatched in their nest at the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center in Combine, about 25 miles south of Dallas. The center said they had been developing in a nest at the wetland center since mid-December.
After deep freeze, here’s when Dallas-Fort Worth is expected to warm up
The wind chill Tuesday morning was projected to be in the low teens according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office.
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Dallas-Fort Worth outpaces Austin as the Texas metro with the highest rent prices
According to data from Zillow, average rents in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro now outpace those in Austin for the first time since at least 2015.
Dallas City Council approves hire of next city manager
Dallas’ nearly year-long search for a new city manager could end Wednesday
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Kimberly Bizor Tolbert named next Dallas city manager
Buc-ee’s accuses Dallas gas station of copying beaver in lawsuit
Buc-ee’s has accused a Dallas-based gas station chain of copying its iconic cartoon beaver logo. In a federal lawsuit this month, the travel center behemoth says Super Fuels' logo of a brown dog sporting a red cape is too close to its logo of a brown beaver in a red hat.
North Texas market will benefit from return-to-work mandates
As North Texas’ largest employers bring their workforces back to the office, demand for trophy office space will only increase.
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Texas’ Four Largest Metros Have One Thing in Common: ‘Right-Sized’ Retail
In Austin, the metro area reports 52.9 million square feet, which is at 97 percent occupied. That’s the strongest occupancy among Texas’ major markets. In Houston, the market reports 166.3 million square feet and an overall occupancy rate of 95.5 percent. And San Antonio reports a 49-million-square-foot inventory that is 95.2 percent occupied.