Universal Kids Resort Hotel has joined Frisco’s Tourism Public Improvement District, or TPID, a special tax district made up of Frisco’s largest hotels, ahead of the resort’s planned opening this year.

How it works: The TPID is a group of Frisco hotels with 75 or more rooms formed in 2022 to promote tourism and increase hotel occupancy.

Slice House by Tony Gemignani is now open and serving artisanal pizzas by the slice or whole in Frisco.

On the menu
Slice House by Tony Gemignani features pizzas sold by the slice or whole. It offers four pizza styles, New York Style, Sicilian Style, Grandma Style and Detroit Style. 

To celebrate the fast-casual restaurant's first Texas location, it is launching a specialty slice The Texan. Available by the slice only, The Texan is a New York-style barbecue brisket pizza topped with mozzarella, bacon, green onion, crispy onion, Romano cheese, oregano and topped with garlic oil. 

• 5995 Preston Road, Ste. 102, Frisco

Frisco ISD will remain closed through Wednesday, Jan. 28, due to poor road conditions. 

Stay in the know: With temperatures reaching above 32 degrees across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex on Tuesday, icy roads began to melt; however, roads are expected to refreeze overnight as temperatures drop again. While the DFW area is not going to see anymore freezing precipitation, roads are not going to have a chance to clear again until mid-day Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Following winter weather and precipitation blanketing the North Texas area, several Dallas-Fort Worth school districts announced additional school closures for Jan. 28.

The specifics: As of Jan. 27, the following school districts and colleges have announced that they will be closed Wednesday:

• Allen ISD
• McKinney ISD
• Frisco ISD
• Prosper ISD

With temperatures reaching above 32 degrees across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex on Tuesday, icy roads began to melt; however, roads are expected to refreeze overnight as temperatures drop again.

While the DFW area is not going to see anymore freezing precipitation, roads are not going to have a chance to clear again until mid-day Wednesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Bishop said.

Quote of note: "Whatever melted today is going to refreeze tonight," he said. 

Current situation: Temperatures are expected to drop into the low 20s again Tuesday into Wednesday, Bishop said, which will cause more issues on area roads and sidewalks. Currently, roads are expected to improve more on Wednesday afternoon than they did Tuesday, he said. 

Temperature highs are expected to be in the 40s Wednesday and around 50 degrees Thursday, per the NWS. 

A new fire station in Flower Mound and industrial warehouse development in the Alliance area are among other projects recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. Industrial warehouse development

2. Westside Village Jewel Box Office

3. Fire Station No. 6 in Flower Mound

4. Fortezza

5. Concession stand renovations for Grady Littlejohn Softball and Baseball Complex

In the upcoming March 3 primary, voters will select the Republican candidate in the race for Texas governor. Eleven Republicans are seeking the nomination.

The overview: Republican incumbent Greg Abbott is seeking a fourth term in the governor's office. He is challenged by ten Republican candidates: R.F. "Bob" Achgill, Evelyn Brooks, Pete “Doc” Chambers, Charles Andrew Crouch, Arturo Espinosa, Mark V. Goloby, Kenneth Hyde, Stephen Samuelson, Ronnie Tullos and Nathaniel Welch.

Stay tuned: If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes in the Republican primary, a runoff election will be held between the two top vote-getters May 26.

The winning Republican candidate will face the winner of the Democratic nomination in November; the winner of that election will be sworn in for a four-year term in January 2027.

In the upcoming March 3 primary, voters will select the Democratic candidate in the race for Texas governor. Nine Democrats are seeking the nomination.

The big picture: Patricia Abrego, Chris Bell, Bobby Cole, Carlton Hart, Gina Hinojosa, Jose Navarro Balbuena, Faizan Syed, Zach Vance and Angela “Tia Angie” Villescaz will appear on the Democratic primary ballot for Texas governor.

Stay tuned: If no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes in the Democratic primary, a runoff election will be held between the two top vote-getters May 26.

The winning Democratic candidate will face the Republican nominee in November, and the winner of that race will be sworn in for a four-year term in January 2027.