Episode Details

BIG STORY: We spoke with Sue Weston, the owner of the historic Weston Gardens & Nursery, which is being surrounded by the $10 billion data center planned by Black Mountain. We also spoke with Caleb Roberts from Downwinders at Risk and the Fort Worth Environmental Coalition of Communities to talk about the negative impacts that data centers have on the environment, our resources, and our city.

SHORT STORY 1: Primary runoff election results

• What The Tarrant County Primary Runoffs Tell Us
• Democratic primary runoffs: Jared Williams wins nomination for Tarrant commissioners race
• Former Tarrant GOP chairman Bo French wins primary runoff for state office
• Racism. Patriarchy. Christian Nationalism. Power.

SHORT STORY 2: Pushback to the Fort Worth Way

• Fort Worth Inc's Top 500 Most Influential People
• Deborah Peoples' response to Fort Worth Inc's Top 500

SHORT STORY 3: Muslim school admin under attack by Islamophobes

• Fort Worth principal reassigned over BLM, Sharia law social media posts
• Religious leaders, educators call for reinstatement of Muslim Fort Worth ISD principal

WINS: 

• Patrice Jones nominated as Vice Chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party!
• South Fort Worth residents celebrate return of library 4 years after closure
• Fort Worth is burning more land. More diverse plant life is the result
• Welman Project continues mission to supply educators, creatives at new headquarters
• Fort Worth African American Museum to officially open in June with joint exhibition
• Fort Worth receives international acclaim for film and TV production boom
• Esperanza prevails as FWISD renames César Chávez Elementary with Spanish word for hope

LOSSES: 

• Fort Worth furthers discussion on possible street maintenance fee
• Black Mountain buys land near Weatherford. What to know