Summer break is winding down across North Texas as families prepare for the start of the 2026-27 academic year. Most public school districts across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex will welcome students back between early and mid-August. However, select campuses—including several within Dallas ISD—are opting for earlier start dates under alternative calendars designed to mitigate summer […]
In one of the largest digital infrastructure deals on record, a high-powered investment group backed by BlackRock and Abu Dhabi-based AI fund MGX finalized its $40 billion takeover of Plano-based Aligned Data Centers. The investor group—operating as the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP)—acquired 100% of the data center operator’s equity from private infrastructure funds managed […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to investigate and penalize health care facilities that facilitate “birth tourism,” signaling a fresh escalation in the state’s immigration enforcement efforts. Under the new directive, state regulatory agencies must probe medical providers accused of helping foreign nationals travel to Texas specifically to give […]