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According to a report this spring, North Texas is the No. 1 primary data center market in the world. These are large facilities that house the servers needed to power artificial intelligence. KERA's growth and infrastructure reporter Pablo Arauz Peña teamed up with our partners at the Fort Worth Report and the Denton Record-Chronicle to create a comprehensive map of the data centers in a city near...

Ron, Miranda and Bekah break down the week's top headlines.

The city of Dallas budget deficit has forced the Dallas Public Library system to make some difficult choices about the programs it offers. Adult learning programs, including classes that teach English as a second language, are on the chopping block. For volunteer English teacher Kathy Wooten, the loss hits especially hard. She joined us to talk about why the library should keep these classes. Also...

Inflation continues to rise above the federal reserve's 2% target. The Iran War, tariffs, a trade war with Canada are just a few things driving up the cost of gas, groceries, and other daily essentials. We talked to Gbenga Ajilore Chief Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about what's fueling inflation and what could be done to combat it. Plus, Ron moderated a panel in July abo...

The Northern District of Texas has long been a destination for conservative interest groups to file cases. Increasingly, the Justice Department is following suit. That has given one judge in particular a lot of influence over huge federal policy decisions. Reporter Mattathias Schwartz examined Reed O'Connor's court for The New York Times.

Miranda and Ron break down the day's top headlines. Plus, North Texas aviation pioneer Wally Funk notched a final career milestone when she went to space at 82 years old. It was the capstone to a lifetime of achievements. Funk died this summer and KERA's Andy Lusk learned more about her from loved ones at her celebration of life this week. 

If you want to insult someone, tell them their contributions to a conversation or a project are frivolous — silly or meaningless. Jehanne Dubrow is a poet, essayist, and professor of creative writing at the University of North Texas. She explores this concept in her new book, "Frivolity: A Defense." Plus, you don't have to break the bank to see a professional soccer match in North Texas. The women...

 Tuesday evening, the Dallas Police Department announced it would stop using 321 cameras, a decision made after state funding for the Flock program was halted by Gov. Abbott. KERA city hall reporter Megan Cardona joins us to break it all down. And in Wylie, a citizen-led campaign to end the city's contract with Flock turned out to be successful. Austin Gregory, who founded DeFlock Wylie, joins us...

Next week's Republican midterm convention in Dallas takes place in the same city that helped give rise to the Bush political dynasty. George W. Bush and his family still live here in Preston Hollow. Still, as KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports, many policies championed by George Bush Sr. and George W. Bush are noticeably absent from today's GOP. Plus, Eugene Daniels is a Texas native, former White House C...

Ramped up immigration and deportation enforcement efforts by the Trump administration have changed life for Latinos in North Texas, with some worrying they may be targeted, even if they are U.S. citizens. Some have begun changing their regular behaviors to avoid any potential run-ins with ICE. Plus, Miranda and Ron breakdown the day's top headlines. 

Aristo Sham, gold medalist of the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, makes his return to the Bass Hall to open the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-2027 season September 11-13. He catches us up on life since the competition win. Also, Fort Worth Star-Telegram food reporter Bud Kennedy discusses the intersection of food and politics reporting and how he juggles the two. 

KERA's nature correspondent and photographer Yfat Yossifer tells us about a camping site in North Texas you should check out. Plus, our friends at the Denton Record-Chronicle  walk us through the paper's football guide for the season ahead.

Ron and Miranda breakdown the day's top headlines. Plus, we highlight a North Texas non-profit whose mission is to increase volunteerism and encourage giving back to the community by helping volunteers find the right charity.

Debra Tagg is president of BSF Advisory Group, a wealth management firm. She joins us to discuss a transfer of wealth and why women may be in control of more money in the coming years. 

In January, Texas had 1,600 pending Medicaid applications. In August, that number was more than 210,000. The wait for food assistance, or SNAP, also grew exponentially. KERA health reporter Abigail Ruhman joined us to talk through the data. Plus, with no delegates and no official nominating to do, what's the purpose of a midterm convention? KERA's James Hartley asked a variety of experts and polit...

KERA's Penelope Rivera fills us in on a weekend press conference at which James Talarico and Tarrant County Commissioner Alisa Simmons discussed the new list of polling locations released by County Judge Tim O'Hare. She also previews of Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. And the Fort Worth Report's Cecil Lenzen talks about a new report that shows voter fraud in Tarrant County is not as...

Shenita Cleveland is no stranger to community activism. If her name rings a bell, you may know her from her two runs for Congress in 2020 and 2022. But she's been gaining traction online recently, after she took to the streets... literally. She has become a pothole watchdog. We've come to call her Dallas's Pothole Vigilante. She joined us to talk more about her work getting city leaders to pay att...

A new study found a blood test could identify cancer recurrence in women months before the standard follow up scan. But Austin-based oncologist and breast cancer specialist Dr. Debra Patt says there is a caveat. She talked through that with KERA's morning newscaster Sam Baker. Plus, Ron and Miranda breakdown the day's top headlines. 

President Donald Trump recently announced that beef from abroad would be tax-exempt and bought at 25 percent below market price. Some North Texas ranchers say that will "brutally" impact them. The Dallas Observer's Jordan Maddox spoke to some of those ranchers. She and Lauren Drewes Daniels joined us to talk through the impacts of this move. Also, what's coming up this week on Think? Krys Boyd joi...

Our friends at KXT spun vinyl live on air yesterday. We spoke with Benji McPhail and Jackson Wisdorf on the logistics of doing this special programming, as well as reflecting on some recent musician deaths. Plus, Miranda & Ron reflect on what they learned this week, and what they're looking forward to for next week. 

A trip to the grocery store has gotten a lot more expensive in recent years. Ground beef, tomatoes and coffee have all seen big spikes, and those higher prices can be especially hard on older adults with fixed incomes. Harvest Public Media contributor Nicole Grundmeier spoke with seniors about the tough choices they’re often forced to make. Plus, more than a million and half students started class...

Ron, Miranda and Bekah run down the top stories from this week.

According to the National Weather Service, the Ross Fire currently burning in Palo Pinto and Jack counties is now the second largest wildfire in this region's recorded history. As of yesterday, no one has been injured, though livestock deaths have been reported, and the Worth Ranch Boy Scout Camp experienced catastrophic damage. The Fort Worth Report's Nicole Lopez tells us the latest on the fire'...

Arts reporter Zara Amaechi helps us unpack opening arguments in the murder-for-hire trial involving two Dallas area rappers. Also, in just two weeks, Republicans from across the country will gather in Dallas for a national party convention aimed at rallying the GOP ahead of the midterm elections. But what it means to be a Texas Republican has changed over time. Plus, UNT Health earlier this month...

Joyce O'Shaughnessy, M.D. with Baylor Scott & White researches if GLP-1 drugs might be a secret weapon in the fight against breast cancer. She shares her promising early findings.