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That 8.25% on Your Receipt: Where DFW Sales Tax Goes
DFW’s 8.25% sales tax is really three or four taxes stacked together. How Dallas, Fort Worth and the…
Filing an Open Records Request With the City of Dallas
The Texas Public Information Act makes city records yours to request, free to file. How to write a…
Social Security Survivor Benefits: What Widows Should Know
Survivor benefits can start at 60 and range from 71.5% to 100% of a late spouse’s benefit. The…
Texas Driver License Renewal: Online, by Mail or at DPS
Most Texans can renew a driver license online for $33 without a DPS visit. Who qualifies, who must…
Rolling Outages, Explained: How ERCOT Sheds Load
ERCOT has three emergency levels before controlled outages begin. What triggers each one, how Oncor rotates outages across…
GoLink Rides: DART’s On-Demand Service, Zone by Zone
DART’s GoLink offers curb-to-curb rides in 30-plus zones for a regular transit fare. How booking works, where the…
Behind on a Dallas Water Bill? Payment Plans and Help Exist
Dallas Water Utilities offers payment plans by phone, email or 311 before shutoff. How to ask, what a…
Fish Free Across Texas This Saturday, No License Needed
Saturday, June 6 is Texas Free Fishing Day: no license needed on public water statewide. Where to fish…
Hurricane Season Opens June 1. Yes, It Reaches North Texas
Atlantic hurricane season opens June 1, and Gulf remnants regularly soak DFW. What NOAA’s 2026 outlook says and…
After a Storm, Here’s How Dallas Picks Up the Debris
How Dallas Sanitation collects storm debris: your monthly brush week, the 10 cubic yard limit, stacking rules crews…
Medicare Advantage vs Original Medicare: A Texas Reality Check
What trading Original Medicare for a DFW Advantage plan really changes: networks, referrals, out-of-pocket caps, and the switch-back…
Catching TEXRail from Fort Worth to DFW Airport
TEXRail runs from downtown Fort Worth to DFW Terminal B for $2 a ride. Stations, schedules, station parking…