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Today’s headlines range from a county judge getting into a spat with rodeo officials to an emergency landing and a grocery store being built on a landfill. Which one are you more interested in? Hit reply to let us know.
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Arlington Hosts IndyCar Grand Prix
IndyCar is coming to North Texas this weekend for the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington. During the premiere event on Sunday, 25 drivers will do 70 laps around AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field on a 2.73-mile course.
The weekend also features races in the Toyota GR Cup and USF Pro 2000 series, several stunt shows each day, and daily live performances. Several former Cowboys and Rangers players will be on hand to sign autographs, including Charles Haley, Drew Pearson, Elvis Andrus, and Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez.
Work on the venue started months ago. First responders will be stationed at each of the course’s 14 turns, and a fully operational medical center has been set up behind the grandstands. Click here to view the course map.
General admission ranges from $35 to $90, while parking is $40 to $55, depending on the day. Children 12 and under are free.
Harris County Judge Booted From Rodeo
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo got into a heated argument with RodeoHouston officials on Tuesday when she was asked to leave the sold-out premium viewing area during Tuesday night’s Megan Moroney concert.
Hidalgo was provided 21 free “chute” tickets—a value of $8,925—for three earlier performances, but she didn’t have a wristband authorizing access to the arena floor for the Moroney show. She posted several audio recordings of the confrontation with rodeo officials, claiming she was “manhandled” and accusing them of sexism and racism.
In a statement, Hidalgo claimed she had attended previous events without a wristband and was attending Tuesday’s show with another elected official, her daughters, and the parents of a recently deceased Air Force sergeant. “I wonder, if I had been a male county executive, would they have reacted the same way?” she wrote.
Yesterday, the rodeo’s executive committee revoked her status as an ex officio director of the event. Chairwoman Pat Mann Phillips and President and CEO Chris Boleman said in a statement that Hidalgo’s allegations were “false and insulting.”
On Wednesday, the Houston Police Officers’ Union posted an AI-generated meme of a woman resembling Hidalgo getting kicked out of the rodeo. Hidalgo is not running for reelection this year.
Best New Restaurants
Texas Monthly has released its annual list of the state’s top 10 new restaurants. Four Houston restaurants made the cut, while three are in Dallas.
Restaurants must have opened before Nov. 1, 2025, to be included in the list. Author Paula Forbes called the past year “a lackluster one for Texas restaurants,” explaining that new establishments “focused on delivering tried-and-true crowd-pleasers.”
Houston’s Agnes and Sherman, an Asian American diner run by chef Nick Wong, was named Restaurant of the Year. Other Houston establishments include Mexican seafood restaurant Zaranda, Di An Pho—whose two dishes are beef pho and chicken pho—and Latuli, which offers favorites from chef Bryan Caswell.
Dallas restaurants included Rainbowcat at the West Texas–inspired Saint Valentine bar, Mamani—a French and Italian diner that earned a Michelin star after it had only been open for a few weeks—and omakase diner Sushi Kozy.
Rounding out the list were Austin’s Fish Shop and two French restaurants: San Antonio’s Petit Coquin and BonFire in Paris.
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➤ Sen. John Cornyn wrote an op-ed declaring his support for abandoning the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to participate in elections. Recent polls show Cornyn trailing Attorney General Ken Paxton in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate. (More)
➤ Panhandle: The Yellow Fire has burned more than 14,000 acres and is 85% contained after spreading to Potter County. Several roads in the area have been closed. (More)
➤ Arlington: U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Fort Worth) is asking the Texas Rangers baseball team to remove the “One Riot, One Ranger” statue from Globe Life Field, claiming it depicts a former Texas Ranger captain who led a contingent of officers to prevent black students from enrolling in Mansfield High School in the 1950s. (More)
➤ Travis County: A small plane made an emergency landing on US 290 southwest of Austin on Wednesday. No injuries were reported. (Watch Video)
➤ El Paso: A new contractor will manage the Camp East Montana detention center at Fort Bliss. ICE said the unnamed company would provide more staff and better medical care for detainees. (More)
➤ Houston: A new police department rule prohibits officers from transporting suspects with immigration warrants to federal authorities. Instead, suspects otherwise entitled to release can be held for up to 30 minutes to provide ICE agents an opportunity to detain them. (See Details)
➤ Dallas: The city’s University Hills development has been selected as one of 16 finalists for The Boring Company’s Tunnel Vision Challenge. The mile-long tunnel would connect the 270-acre development to the University of North Texas Dallas DART Station. (More)
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➤ Texas A&M athletic director Trev Alberts received a six-year, $19.1 million contract extension. The agreement also includes four automatic one-year extensions worth $3.7 million each. (More)
➤ The U.S. will play Canada in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals today at Daikin Park in Houston. (How to Watch)
➤ No. 16 Texas Tech men’s basketball lost to No. 7 Iowa State 75-53 yesterday, ending their hopes of winning the Big 12 tournament. (More)
➤ The Cowboys traded starting defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2026 third-round pick. They also agreed to terms with former Eagles quarterback Sam Howell. (More)
➤ Baylor softball run-ruled Stetson 9-1, improving to 18-6 on the season. The Bears play No. 22 UCF today, the first of five games against ranked opponents. (More)
➤ Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban admitted he made a mistake hiring general manager Nico Harrison, who orchestrated the disastrous Luka Doncic trade a year ago. “I think the fans have gotten let down, and I think because I kind of let them down,” he said on a podcast. (More)
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➤ Dallas-based landlord Invitation Homes, which manages 80,000 single-family homes in 16 U.S. markets, has agreed to a $47.2 million settlement with the FTC over allegations it charged tenants undisclosed fees and withheld security deposits after they moved out. The FTC is sending checks to 444,131 affected customers within 90 days. (More)
➤ Atomic Alchemy, a producer of radioisotopes, is listed as the tenant for a new Lockhart facility that will contain a nuclear research reactor. The $23 million project is part of Proto Town, a 538-acre tech manufacturing and innovation hub. (More)
➤ H-E-B is building its second store in Buda at the site of an abandoned landfill. The company agreed to a $20.1 million incentives package to offset an estimated $30 million in land remediation costs. (More)
➤ The Crayola Experience at Plano’s The Shops at Willow Bend is permanently closed, leaving just a handful of tenants at the mall, which is being eyed as a potential site for a future Dallas Stars arena. (More)
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➤ A sick Kemp’s ridley sea turtle covered in marine organisms is being treated at the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research after washing ashore in Galveston on Saturday. Meanwhile, venomous blue dragon sea slugs have been spotted recently on North Padre Island and Mustang Island. (See Photos)
➤ UT San Antonio’s School of Dentistry is the best in Texas—and ninth-best in the country—according to Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. (More)
➤ Josefina Maldonado, a 29-year-old opera singer and member of the choir at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, won the prestigious 49th Artist Awards competition in January in New York City. “This was some of the best singers in the nation,” Maldonado said. (Watch Video)
➤ Frisco, New Braunfels, McKinney, Allen, League City, and Conroe are among the 10 fastest-growing affordable cities in the nation, according to an analysis by MoneyLion. (More)
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Arlington Hosts IndyCar Grand Prix
