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Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune's daily newsletter that provides readers with the most important Texas news. For years, three large, brightly painted craggy rocks announced events and conveyed symbolic messages at the University of Texas at Dallas, a staple of campus life. Sometimes the message was political: “Vote Blue.” It may not be “Welcome, scholars!” But on Monday morning, students discovered that the university had uprooted their favorite rock, known as Spirit Rocks, overnight and replaced it with a newly planted tree. The rock's removal comes weeks after student groups took turns painting pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian messages…
NEW THIS WEEKOpening dates are subject to change.(A) DREAM SCENARIO Nicolas Cage goes delightfully, derangedly meta in this surreal comedy about a family man who has his life upended when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. It’s a smart, dizzyingly entertaining horror-comedy that morphs into scathing social satire. R (for language, violence and some sexual content). 101 mins. In wide release.(B) LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali star in this dystopian thriller about two families forced to live together in the middle of nowhere amid dread that civilization is collapsing around…
Latest updates The State of Texas is working with communities affected by the border crisis to apprehend and detain individuals who enter Texas illegally. Our efforts will continue as we work together to secure our borders, apprehend criminals, protect landowners, remove dangerous drugs from our communities, and provide Texans with the assistance they need and deserve. It is only effective. Join us in a historic effort to protect our borders Texas is funding historic border security efforts through diversions of Texas taxpayer dollars from the Texas Legislature and donations from Texans and Americans like you. From building our own border…
jack gosnell All things uptown and urban in real estate is Jack Gosnell's specialty. Jack He is Executive Vice President of CBRE | UCR Urban in Dallas. His arrival prompted the development of an urban department created to pursue urban redevelopment for mixed-use projects in city centers. The main focus of Jack's energy is on the adaptive reuse and redevelopment of urban centres. He is active in redeveloping downtown Dallas. In 2016, Jack received the Stemmons Service Award, the highest award and honor given in the commercial real estate industry in Dallas by the Texas Association of Commercial Realtors (NTCAR).…
After years of working to bring back the dodo, one of the most popular extinct animals, Colossal Biosciences has found a home for the dodo in Mauritius through a new partnership with the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation .The Dallas-based company previously announced it was trying to awaken Tasmanian tigers and woolly mammoths from their eternal slumber. Ben Lamb, co-founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, said Colossal's advances with the dodo will help bring the bird back to its East African homeland and other soon-to-be extinct birds. He said this could give the company the power to save species.”The goal of all…
A landmark ruling against some of the real estate industry's biggest players could lead to major changes in the way homes are bought and sold.Last month, a federal jury in Missouri found that the National Association of Realtors and several major brokerages conspired to run a price-fixing scheme that increased the commissions agents earned on each sale.So what does this mean for Florida's housing market? Here's everything you need to know.What was the lawsuit about?The lawsuit centered on the group's rules regarding fee-sharing.To list a home on the Multiple Listing Service, an online database that agents use to find available…
A Dallas man was shot and arrested after trying to stop a robber from stealing his father's truck. Dallas police announced that 30-year-old Alejandro Deleon has been charged with the murder of Marco Ramirez. Carla Ramirez said her brother's absence is especially felt by her father. “My father doesn't work now because his brother was his right-hand man. He was his eyes, his ears, his everything,” she said. “Since him, [Marco] Now that I could walk, I went to help my father. ” Marco Ramirez, 24, was shot and killed last week while chasing robbers who were trying to steal…
Late 2023 in Dallas-Fort Worth is a great time for large restaurants. A surprising number of new eateries have opened across North Texas this year, but some of the biggest holiday crowds are nationally and internationally known chain restaurants.Nando's Peri-Peri, Wagamama, Jollibee, Voodoo Donut and Portillo's will each open new restaurants in Dallas and its suburbs within 30 days. Expect long lines of both cars and people at each of these high-profile openings. — as Texans celebrate their arrival.List restaurants by opening date.Nando's Peri Peri in AddisonSouth African company Nando's Peri-Peri will start selling flame-grilled chicken on 18 December 2023.…
Another skyscraper may be coming to Dallas' Victory Park development.Houston-based Hines is mulling plans to build one of the final sites in a 75-acre mixed-use development northwest of downtown Dallas.Hines manages a vacant building site on Victory Avenue next to the One Victory Park office tower. The property is celebrating its 25th anniversary and is one of the few vacant properties left in the development.Related:First Look: Crescent Real Estate's new Fort Worth project will be an instant landmarkIn 2021, Hines completed Victory Park's tallest tower, the 40-story Victor Apartments, located across from American Airlines Center, where the Dallas Mavericks and…
View City of Dallas-owned real estate on this interactive map. City officials have once again committed to a “deep dive” into plans to reuse the 50,000 acres of city-owned property, but there is no strategic vision and three different committees are evaluating the property. These three committees — the Trust for Public Land, the Pension Task Force and the Dallas Economic Development Corporation — may also have different agendas for how city-owned property is used. For example, the pension fund is facing a $3 billion deficit, and board members likely want to sell assets to put cash into the pension…