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Cheers erupted in the Texas House as a lawmaker told his colleagues it was time to eliminate the STAAR test. “The stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas,” Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, told members on Monday. “But not the STAAR test.”In a 143-1 vote, House members gave preliminary approval to a proposal that would eliminate the end-of-year test that’s loathed by many students and teachers and replace it with a series of shorter exams administered throughout the school year. Doing so would give educators quick access to data that they can use to improve…

Dallas-based Arcis Golf has acquired The Woodlands Country Club from Invited, a fellow golf course operator also based in North Texas. Located outside Houston and the longtime home of the PGA Tour’s Houston Open, The Woodlands is one of the state’s premier golf clubs. It is home to four clubhouses, 99 holes and five courses, three of which were designed by legendary golfer Arnold Palmer. Related:Ranking the top 100 golf courses in Texas: Nos. 1-50 (2025)Arcis and Invited are two of the largest operators in the country.Business BriefingBecome a business insider with the latest news.Terms of the deal were not…

Hell froze over. Lady Luck howled in laughter. Cue Al Michaels: Do you believe in miracles, Dallas?Yes! Against all odds, and their own history, the Mavericks drew the No. 1 pick in Monday evening’s NBA draft lottery and the ability to land consensus top selection Cooper Flagg of Duke.Incredibly, the franchise that in every way seemed cursed since the controversial Feb. 1 trade of transcendent 25-year-old Luka Doncic had another transcendent talent, 18-year-old Flagg, fall into its lap Monday night in Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center.MavericksBe the smartest Mavericks fan. Get the latest news.How crazy and fortunate was this turn…

Investors purchased a Plano mixed-use development for $785 million in recent weeks — one of the region’s largest retail real estate deals of 2025.The joint venture of Indiana-based Kite Realty Group and Singapore-based GIC acquired Legacy West in a deal announced in late April. Collin County deed records list the seller as Invesco Advisers.The 35-acre site currently includes 344,000 square feet of retail, 444,000 square feet of office and 782 apartments. Key retail tenants include Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co., and Chanel. Office space is 98% occupied and larger corporate tenants include Boeing and Toyota’s North American operations.Several factors…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday set a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits over what the government will pay.He signed an executive order that calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price tags for drugs. If a deal is not reached, a new rule will kick in that will tie the price of what the U.S. pays for medications to lower prices paid by other countries.“We’re going to equalize,” Trump said during a Monday morning news conference. “We’re all…

Hoque Global has begun construction on its billion-dollar University Hills development in southern Dallas.The Dallas developer held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, marking the start of infrastructure work for the commercial and residential portions of a 270-acre project near the University of North Texas at Dallas campus.At full build-out, the development may hold hundreds of single-family homes, 1,500 apartments, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, a town center and more than 50 acres of open green space on undeveloped land near the intersection of Interstate 20 and Lancaster Road.“We owe a big deal to southern Dallas to dream big,” Hoque…

Every time Tammy Finney sees a person walk in through the doors of The Salvation Army of North Texas Carr P. Collins Center, she sees herself in them. She sees hope. The place that saved Finney, 44, will close its doors soon after almost 40 years of providing service, but a new chapter will begin. On Tuesday, The Salvation Army of North Texas will break ground on a 21-acre campus in the Stemmons Corridor in Dallas. Related:A solution at last? What Dallas is doing to curb the city’s homeless populationBreaking NewsGet the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.Finney…

An unseasonable Dallas-area heat wave this week that’s expected to push temperatures into the upper 90s ― and perhaps even higher ― could also create record-breaking peak demand for the month of May.The Electric Reliability Council of Texas projected peak demand for 5 p.m. Wednesday to be 84,216 megawatts, far surpassing the previous May demand record of 77,000 megawatts.Demand projections decline the remainder of the week as temperatures slightly cool, according to the state’s power grid operator.Wednesday’s projection is shy of the current all-time power demand record of 85,435 megawatts set in August 2023.Breaking NewsGet the latest breaking news from…

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have unveiled a plan to cut at least $880 billion, largely to Medicaid, to help cover $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.“Savings like these allow us to use this bill to renew the Trump tax cuts and keep Republicans’ promise to hardworking middle-class families,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, the GOP chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which handles health care spending.Democrats warn that millions of Americans will lose coverage. A preliminary estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the proposals would reduce the number of people with health care by 8.6 million over…

When the Cowboys drafted guard Tyler Booker in the first round, it was with the desire to beef up the offensive line against a talented Philadelphia Eagles defensive front.Booker, the projected starting guard, will get an early look at the Eagles as the NFL announced Monday morning that the Cowboys will open the 2025 NFL season against the defending Super Bowl champions. The Week 1 game is scheduled for 7:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, in Philadelphia. It will be televised by NBC and streamed on Peacock. The NFL began rolling out select details of the NFL schedule Monday morning. The full schedules will be released…