DTX-KRN: Impact 8/15/2025

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Marie Leonard
August 15, 2025

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Fort Worth's $4.4B budget includes tax cut, higher user fees in fiscal year 2025-26

The proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget for the city of Fort Worth will focus on adding more staff for police, sustaining current levels of public services and road improvements.

The overview: The operating budget is $3.09 billion, an increase of 10.93% compared to the fiscal year 2024-25 budget That comes even with 1% cut and strategic reduction among department budgets, City Manager Jay Chapa said.

“The population growth continues,” Chapa said during the city's work session Aug. 12. “Balancing that need to deal with the growth along with the older areas of town [and] putting the resources in the correct places is one of the big things that we have to deal with as we move forward.”

The total budget, including capital improvement projects worth $1.39 billion, brings the total to $4.48 billion, according to the presentation.

 
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Italian Table now open, serving fresh Italian comfort food in Keller's Center Stage

Italian Table is now open in Keller's Center Stage development off Main Street.

The details: A spokesperson with the comfort Italian restaurant confirmed management opened its doors mid-August and serves a variety of Italian dishes. Items such as lobster ravioli, fresh pastas, pizzas, subs and a full beer and wine bar are on the menu, according to the restaurant's Facebook page.

Guests can also BYOB for a small corkage fee, a Facebook post from the city of Keller states.

 

FOODIE FRIDAY
Check out these new restaurants and bars opening across the Dallas - Fort Worth area.

From the multi-textile decor to the fresh produce-centric kitchen, Mexican Sugar strives to provide a true Mexican hacienda environment. The top selling menu items at Mexican Sugar in Plano are the angus ribeye fajitas, roasted chicken enchilads, bone-in pork chops and roasted beet and goat cheese salad. The restaurant offers brunch, lunch, dinner, drink and happy hour menus. 

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☕️ House-blend coffee, sandwiches served at Hillside Coffee Bar in McKinney’s Craig Ranch
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🥤Feng Cha now serves specialty drinks, desserts in Grapevine
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🆕 Stop-N-Go Gyro offers plates, more in Richardson
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😋 Himalayan Spice brings Nepali, Indian flavors to Frisco
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Urban Cookhouse is now open in Prosper, offering a variety of sandwiches, wraps and salads. Owner James Zemlock said he emphasizes a farm-to-table approach, with most ingredients coming directly from local producers across North Texas. "If I can get it local, I'll buy it local," he said. 
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GALLERY: Northwest ISD celebrates 75-year anniversary at Northwest High School

Northwest ISD hosted its 75th anniversary event Aug. 9 to honor former graduates and administrators.

The details: Dozens of district administrators and alumni attended the anniversary event at Northwest High School's campus. The superintendent, former administrators and graduates, including the city of Roanoke’s Mayor Scooter Gierisch, who graduated from the school in 1984, gave special remarks during the event.

“I experienced a unique chapter in a close-knit, rural community,” Gierisch said to Community Impact.

 

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