DTX-KRN: Impact 9/30/2025

Tarrant County College has seen a 4.31% year-over-year increase in enrollment from the 2024 fall semester.

The overview: Tarrant County College has 49,393 students enrolled for the fall 2025 semester, according to a news release from the college. Student enrollment is counted from the 12th class day of the semester, Sept. 10, for 2025.

Meat U Anywhere closed its Trophy Club location earlier this week, Cook Guan Mirtans said. 

The details: The restaurant served brisket and chicken enchiladas and tacos, according to its website. The Meat U Anywhere also served sandwiches, brisket, turkey breasts, pulled pork and baked potatoes, its website stated. 
Meat U Anywhere also has a location in Grapevine, which remains open. 

• Closed Sept. 22
• 91 Trophy Club Drive, Trophy Club
• www.meatuanywhere.com/trophy-club

The Texas Education Agency will begin transitioning to a new standardized testing system after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Sept. 17 to replace the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness with three shorter exams.

The overview: Through the 2026-27 school year, Texas public school students in third through 12th grade will continue taking the STAAR each spring. Beginning in fall 2027, students will take three tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year under House Bill 8, the new law.

Students’ results will be released within 48 hours after each new test is administered. STAAR scores are currently released about six weeks after a test ends, according to the TEA. 

The debate: Bill author Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, said the new system will reduce test-related anxiety; give students and teachers feedback throughout the school year; and increase legislative oversight of Texas’ assessment and accountability systems. Critics of the plan said it would increase the amount of time students spend taking exams and essentially create “another STAAR test” developed by the TEA.

Many Texas retailers can no longer sell consumable THC products to customers under 21 years old after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission approved two emergency rules Sept. 23.

The overview: The new rules, which were drafted after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a Sept. 10 executive order requesting tighter THC regulations, apply only to retailers that sell alcohol. The rules state that businesses may not sell, serve or deliver consumable hemp products to minors and must check all customers' IDs before selling them THC products.

Zooming in: About 60,000 Texas businesses hold TABC licenses and will be prohibited from selling THC products to minors. Those businesses include bars, restaurants, liquor stores, grocery stores and some convenience stores.

However, the rule does not apply to THC retailers that do not sell alcohol or have a TABC license, such as smoke shops, gas stations or online sellers. The TABC and the Texas Department of State Health Services are working to determine how to best enforce age restrictions for THC retailers that do not sell alcohol, agency spokespeople said.