Tarrant County College will consider a tax rate increase for the 2026-27 fiscal year, according to TCC documents.

What’s happening? TCC’s board of directors held a special meeting Aug. 6 to discuss the possible tax rate increase.

The college proposed raising the rate from $0.11228 to $0.12 per $100 valuation, according to a presentation given to the board by Chief Financial Officer Pamela Anglin.

Board president Jeannie Deakyne said based on her calculations, schools in Tarrant County specifically are being affected by the Tarrant Appraisal District’s decision to reappraise property values every two years instead of every year.

According to the college’s FY 2025-26 budget breakdown, the three main revenue sources for TCC are property tax revenue, state appropriations and tuition and fees. 

What’s next? The proposed tax rate will be voted on by the board at the Aug. 20 board meeting, Anglin said. A vote for the tax-rate approval will be Sept. 24, and the rate has to be approved by Sept. 30 or the tax rate will remain the same, Anglin said.

From new pho restaurants to business upgrades, take a look at 14 business updates in the Keller, Roanoke and northeast Fort Worth areas. This list is not comprehensive

Now Open
Phoenix Pho
The restaurant offers Vietnamese classics such as beef pho, chicken pho and a grilled pork vermicelli bowl. Drink specials include jasmine green tea, matcha, Vietnamese coffee, classic black coffee and milk tea. 

• Opened June 21

• 9771 N. Freeway, Fort Worth

• www.phoenixphotx.com

The Salven Kitchen
The restaurant offers charcoal- and wood-smoked meats and has craft beer on tap. The menu features cheesesteak, Nashville hot chicken sliders, a hot honey grilled cheese, flatbread pizzas, salads and desserts.

• Opened June 26

• 206 N. Oak St., Ste 150, Roanoke

• https://the-salven-kitchen.square.site

Coming Soon
Pho King Way
The menu will feature egg rolls, lettuce wraps, fried wontons, Phở Bò, noodle soups and fried rice dishes with grilled pork chop, pork, beef, chicken, shrimp and rice.

• Opening in August

• 5633 N. Tarrant Parkway, Fort Worth

• www.pkway.net

Almost 50% of Texas Woman’s University’s spring 2026 class earned an undergraduate degree without student loan debt, TWU officials said.

Two-minute impact: Out of the 888 undergraduates who earned a four-year degree at TWU, 442, or 49.77% had zero student loan debt, said Matt Flores, TWU’s assistant vice president of communications.

A further 115 students graduated with less than $10,000 of student loan debt. There were 111 students who graduated with more than $31,000 in student loans.

Monica Mendez-Grant, TWU’s vice president for student life, said that financial security while seeking higher education directly supports students by driving degree completion, improving mental health and providing long-term economic mobility.

“TWU recognizes that financial health is tied directly to physical well-being,” she said. “Rather than treating financial aid and student welfare as separate departments, TWU integrates them through the many campus offices.”

Ahead of the 2026-27 school year, public school leaders in Community Impact’s coverage areas shuttered at least nine individual schools to respond to repeated state accountability issues and stave off state intervention. A new Texas Education Agency rule may make it harder for districts to do so in the future.

The details: Beginning Aug. 16, if a district closes a D- or F-rated campus and transfers the largest share of students from the closed campus to a school with a C, D or F rating, the closed campus’ rating will be assigned to the new campus. 

Districts will only avoid transferring a shuttered school’s rating history if they relocate a plurality of students to an A- or B-rated campus.

Stay tuned: The TEA is scheduled to release A-F ratings for the 2025-26 school year on Aug. 14. If a school receives five failing ratings in a row, the TEA is required under state law to close that campus or replace the district’s board of trustees with a state-appointed board of managers.