Business
April 14, 2023
Buying a Home in Texas Often Requires Outbidding Big-Money Investors
A pair of bills at the Lege seek to help Texans compete for real estate against these deep-pocketed companies.
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Music
April 6, 2023
Johnny Rodriguez Reunites With Tanya Tucker in “A Game That I Can’t Win”
A deep dive into the Sabinal-bred singer’s duet with Tucker from his new album, ‘Building Bridges.’
Music
November 2, 2022
Fifty-five Years Later, the Harper Valley P.T.A. Is Still in Session
Jeannie C. Riley celebrated her seventy-seventh birthday with a big bash in the tiny town of Burton, where she reflected on the irony of her sixties megahit “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
Business
September 21, 2022
A North Texan’s Guide to the Cult of H-E-B
The grocery chain opens its first north Dallas–Fort Worth location and hopes thousands of newly arrived Texans will understand its twang.
Business
September 9, 2022
Why Empty Offices Are Becoming Apartments in Texas’s Big Cities
With workers continuing to stay home post-pandemic and housing in short supply, developers in the state’s largest metros are giving a second life to old buildings.
Business
July 29, 2021
House Hunting in Fort Worth With a Wealthy Californian
What the luxury buyers flocking to Texas, and the agents helping them, say about the super-charged real estate market.
Business
February 4, 2021
Can a “Modern Retail” Makeover Save JCPenney?
The Plano-based chain tried this before, to disastrous results. Has the department store’s time simply passed?
Business
November 23, 2020
This New Daily Flight Between Dallas and Houston Lets You Skip the Security Checkpoint
Dallas-based airline JSX operates small planes out of private-jet terminals—meaning no body scans, pat-downs, or other TSA hassles.
Business
October 30, 2020
Will Southwest Airlines Lose That Lovin’ Feelin’?
Travel demand has cratered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Dallas-based carrier has made recent significant shifts to cope.
Business
October 16, 2020
After Offensive Comments, Stan Richards Leaves His Dallas Ad Agency
The longtime adman had no choice in the face of massive losses following his insensitive statement that a Motel 6 ad was “too Black.”
Music
May 16, 2020
How a Small Hill Country Town Became a Hub for Traditional Country Music
Over the last three decades, a radio deejay has helped transform Brady into a place where twangy instrumentals reign.