Author: Dallas Dispatch Staff
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Your Social Security Statement Is Online. Read It Yearly
The my Social Security statement shows your earnings history and benefit estimates at nine claiming ages. How to read it and fix earnings errors.
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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 zones sit, and the rules to know.
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Freezing Your Credit Is Free and Takes Ten Minutes
Credit freezes are free by federal law at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion and stop new-account fraud cold. How to set one up and thaw it when needed.
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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 termination notice means, and where to find help.
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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 near Dallas-Fort Worth, including stocked lakes.
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Check a Contractor’s Dallas Permits Before Work Begins
Dallas’s DallasNow portal shows whether your contractor pulled required permits and passed inspections. How homeowners can check, step by step.
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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 how North Texans should prepare.
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Extra Help With Medicare Drug Costs: Who Qualifies in Texas
The federal Extra Help program cuts Medicare Part D premiums and copays for lower-income Texans. The 2026 income limits and how SSA takes applications.
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Buying a Used Car? Title Transfer Rules at the Tax Office
Texas gives used-car buyers 30 days to title at the county tax office. The Form 130-U basics, the 6.25% tax, the fees, and the mistakes that cost real money.
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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 can work with, and when the city adds passes.
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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 rules nobody mentions.
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Check Washing Is Back. Protect What You Drop in the Mail
Thieves steal mailed checks and rewrite them with common chemicals. How check washing works, the habits that stop it, and what to do if a washed check clears.