Beyond Fort Worth and Public Comments: How 2026 Is The Moment

SHORT STORY 1: Public Comment & City Council Drama

Fort Worth residents get more chances to speak during council meetings

Fort Worth City Council member arrested, faces DWI charges

SHORT STORY 2: Tarrant County doubles down on ICE & Christian Nationalism

Tarrant County to beef up ICE partnership

Ten Commandments monument

Tarrant County commissioners approve funding for legal counsel in jail death, redistricting lawsuits

SHORT STORY 3: Pete Hegseth & the War Machine

Hegseth visits F-35 plant in Fort Worth

WINS:

Tarrant Democrats seek to remove GOP candidates from ballot

Fort Worth Report staff is unionizing!

Majority of Fort Worth council wants more money for affordable housing

Landmark designation sought for historic TXU plant at Panther Island

Pedestrian safety improvements planned for Fort Worth intersections

New leadership for Near Southside as president exits for Trinity Metro

Protest for answers about Samaria

LOSSES:

Tarrant County GOP promises to explore hand-counting ballots in future elections, but not this year’s

$80M cooling equipment plant considered as more data centers built in Fort Worth

North Texas will have a ‘Charlie Kirk Parkway’ to honor Turning Point USA founder

UT Arlington to offer buyouts to employees amid federal funding cuts

Fort Worth missed our chance to move elections to November. (Wesley has details).

ACTIONS:

January 21 - Early Voting for Taylor Rehmet

January 31 - Election Day for TX SD 9

February 2 - Filing opens for Fort Worth City Council District 10

February 17 - Early Voting begins for Primaries

February 20 - 817 Live recording at Tarrant County Democratic Party fundraiser

March 3 - Election day for Primaries

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