Texas Republicans in Dallas and Hays counties abandon hand-counting ballot plans for March primaries due to volunteer shortages and rising costs.

Fort Worth wasn’t too far behind Grand Prairie, ranking at No. 23, followed by Denton at No. 30. Dallas didn’t make the top 20 but landed instead at No. 40, which, let’s face it, isn’t exactly where many residents wish it were.

Plano, Irving, Farmers Branch and Highland Park — plan to vote in May on whether to leave Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, following years of tensions.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas and Austin state Rep. James Talarico are the two leading candidates in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican incumbent John Cornyn.

While AT&T will remain in North Texas, it’s yet another major hit to downtown Dallas and the greater DFW metro area as companies pull their headquarters. In 2024, Dickies moved its headquarters from Fort Worth to California, and Neiman Marcus announced it’d be ditching Dallas for the Big Apple after being bought by Saksa Global Portfolio.

In 2025, Dallas-Fort Worth was the top metropolitan area for growth, according to U-Haul's annual Growth Index, which analyzes one-way customer transactions. The study analyzes one-way customer transactions from the past year, according to a press release from the company.