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Raising money for the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in Dallas is deeply personal for Dan Hunt, president of FC Dallas and a member of the family sporting empire that owns the soccer team and the Kansas City Chiefs.Age-related macular degeneration and other eye-related problems don’t run in his father’s side of the family, so much as they race through it, says Hunt. The businessman is the son of the late sports icon Lamar Hunt, and the descendant of oil baron H.L. Hunt.“I’ve had a number of uncles and aunts who had AMD,” he said in an interview. “My aunt…

More than 10 years after Ten50 BBQ opened beside Central Expressway in Richardson, it will expand to the Devonshire neighborhood of Dallas, near Love Field Airport.The second Ten50 BBQ in Dallas-Fort Worth is expected to open May 12 on Lovers Lane, between Inwood Road and the Dallas North Tollway. It takes the place of Sonny Bryan’s, which served chopped beef sandwiches in this neighborhood for 23 years. (Don’t sweat the history: The original Sonny Bryan’s, which dates to 1958 and is one of D-FW’s oldest restaurants, remains open a few miles away on Inwood Road.)Ten50’s aim is to offer “simple…

Dallas-based Sunoco LP agreed to acquire Parkland Corp., one of the largest owners of gas stations in Canada, for about $9.1 billion including debt. As part of the deal, Sunoco will form a new publicly traded company named SUNCorp LLC, the company said Monday in a statement. Sunoco is offering $44 a share Canadian for the Calgary-based company through a combination of cash and SUNCorp stock, a 21% premium to Friday’s closing price. Parkland’s future as an independent company has been in question for months after the company hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. as financial…

Under a bill filed in the Legislature, Texas could begin monitoring wastewater for substances including the abortion drug mifepristone.The legislation is part of a broader push spearheaded by anti-abortion advocates, including Students for Life of America, to classify mifepristone as an environmental pollutant. Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, the author of the Texas wastewater bill, said the proposed bill is about environmental monitoring rather than abortion.“We want to know what’s in the water, wherever it’s coming from,” Hughes told the Dallas Morning News in a phone interview. “It’s hard to be against gathering information and finding out what chemicals are in…

Editor’s note: The Dallas Morning News Watchdog Dave Lieber has reported on the Texas property tax system for more than a decade. Here are answers to questions he hears most. This is the first of a 2-part series.Should I protest my property tax?Yes! But to be clear everyone calls this process a property tax protest. Actually, it’s a protest of your assigned property appraisal and, mainly, market values, which lead to your property tax.The protest deadline is May 15. Consider filing a protest before that date. The protest notice is included in your 2025 appraisal notice.Watchdog AlertAre you a taxpayer…

Some legislators are pushing to eliminate the Texas Lottery amid questions about its management and multiple criminal investigations.What started as concerns over whether lottery officials violated Texas law by allowing couriers to take online ticket orders has ballooned into the Texas Rangers and Attorney General Ken Paxon investigating potential crimes related to two multi-million dollar jackpots.The Texas lottery is facing multiple investigations as legislators consider whether to renew it this year, and some lawmakers say there is a chance the state will end it. If the lottery goes away, the Legislature would need to replace billions of dollars in funding…

McKINNEY — After months of rehabbing, grinding and finetuning since his left wrist surgery last August, Jordan Spieth has tangible results.His 9-under-par 62 on Sunday, which vaulted him to a fourth-place finish in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, is the latest and best evidence that he is priming for the PGA Championship in two weeks, where he’ll have a chance to join Rory McIlroy as the latest to complete the career grand slam.But Spieth also was reminded this week that returning to his old form as a three-time major champion still might not be good enough to beat the current…

A small group of protesters gathered Sunday at the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in West Dallas to “unite in opposition ” to President Donald Trump’s agenda, protest organizers said. About 20 people gathered at the entrance to the Ronald Kirk pedestrian bridge, passing out signs and making speeches.Keith Nickerson, a local organizer with the group 99%, said the organization attended the event to express opposition to the mass deportations and other White House policies they said were racist.He added participants were united despite any differences, celebrating the diversity of America.Political PointsGet the latest politics news from North Texas and beyond.“Be…

ARLINGTON — The Rangers may have scored runs on Sunday, but it was too late to save offensive coordinator Donnie Ecker’s role with the club.The Rangers announced hours after Sunday’s 8-1 win over Seattle, only the second time in two weeks they’d scored more than two runs, a change in the club’s offensive coaching structure. Ecker, who was in his fourth season with the Rangers, was the prime architect of offensive game-planning and instruction. The Rangers, who were departing for Boston on Sunday night ahead of a road trip, did not announce the full plan for the restructuring of the…

After an idyllic spring weekend, storm clouds are heading back to the Dallas-Fort Worth area early this week.A storm system is expected to move across the region starting Monday night into Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office. These storms are expected to move in from the west with the possibility of hail, severe winds and heavy precipitation. Shower and storm chances increase Monday night through Tuesday, with the potential for a few strong to severe storms and localized flooding. The extent of the severe threat is uncertain, so closely monitor the forecast today & tomorrow. 👀⛈️…