BIG STORY: Mayor Mattie Parker’s Damage Control PR Tour

Mayor’s Chair Not for the Thin-Skinned by Fort Worth Magazine

Tarrant residents get fewer chances to speak at local government meetings. What does that mean?

SHORT STORY 1: Texas Congressional Redistricting Chaos

Texas redistricting ruling upends candidates’ plans for 2026

Court order on Texas redistricting forces election officials, county parties to scramble — again

Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas’ new congressional map

Filing deadline is December 8th, and candidates don’t even know what district they live in!

SHORT STORY 2: Transportation & Safety Stories

Free parking in downtown Fort Worth garages will be in your rearview mirror next year

Highway collision injures Buddhist monks from Fort Worth on 2,300-mile Walk for Peace

Bedford plans to remove student artwork from crosswalks to comply with Abbott's roadway directive

SHORT STORY 3: FWISD appeals State Takeover

Trustees fighting FWISD takeover, cite need for deeper review

WINS:

Ten Commandments displays in FWISD, Tarrant-area districts must be removed, judge orders

Brandi Waller-Pace’s concert at Keith House

Natalia Margarita’s art show at The Pool

LOSSES:

Attorney at center of Keller ISD split tapped to lead Tarrant County GOP as chair

High demand forces Tarrant County rental assistance program to close applications after 4 hours

North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator launches at TCU with $25M

North Texas leaders talk oil, gas, growing nuclear industry at conference

Google investing $40B into Texas for AI, new data centers

ACTIONS:

November 25 - Future of the Community Arts Center meeting at Amphibian Stage at 6pm

December 2 - Public Comments at Fort Worth City Hall

Keep an eye out for Nydia Cardenas’ campaign launch

For the 30th anniversary of infamous article in D Magazine, "Who Runs Fort Worth?", we spoke with the journalist who made The Fort Worth Way known to all, Katie Sherrod.

Read the article here.

We talk about how folks define The Fort Worth Way, what (if anything) has changed in the last 30 years, and what we do about fixing The Fort Worth Way.

We hope you enjoy this very special episode.

BIG STORY: We spoke with Alberto Govea from LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) & Stephanie Drenka from Texas Civil Rights Project about the legal battle against the racist gerrymandered maps that Republicans on Tarrant County Commissioners Court passed this year in an attempt to diminish black & brown voices.

SHORT STORY 1: Tarrant County GOP’s plan to destroy elections

Tarrant County Democratic Party chair Allison Campolo's response

Mercy Culture creates online candidate classes for Christian Nationalists running for office

SHORT STORY 2: Mattie Parker’s PR campaign to uphold the establishment

Mayor talks FWISD takeover, taxes and maintaining Fort Worth’s ‘vibe’ during TribFest

SHORT STORY 3: An update on the Fort Worth Community Arts Center

WINS:

The Welman Project gets a new location!

The Librarians screening at The Modern

Filing open for 2026 primary elections. Here are the Tarrant County candidates (so far)

Dallas moves municipal elections to November of odd numbered years

TxDOT: Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit

The Dock Bookshop event & Afrocommuniversity's new susu

LOSSES:

Tarrant GOP Chairman Bo French stepping down, running for Texas Railroad Commissioner

Teachers question future as Texas takeover of FWISD advances

TCU bumps its tuition, again, making it more costly than some Ivy League schools

ACTIONS:

• December 2nd - Fort Worth City Council Public Comment
• November 18th - Speak at Arlington City Council to defend LGBTQ+ rights & demand the return of Maher Tarabishi from ICE
• November 18th - People’s Commissioner’s Court