North Texas passengers may have noticed for many years that international flights aren’t available from Dallas Love Field Airport. That’s because it’s illegal to do so. In other news, closing Dallas’ nine aging community pools has been in the works for a decade. Decommissioning the city’s nine community pools was part of the city’s 2015 aquatic master plan, which called for developing newer aquatic facilities to replace the functionally obsolete community pools. The shift was funded mainly through the 2017 bond program, which allocated $262 million for parks and recreation; the legality of a 2023 law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott that allows the state to enforce federal immigration law will be decided by all 17 judges of a federal appeals court; and North Texas’ population is set to grow from eight million to twelve million by twenty-fifty. The surge creates challenges for the region and its resources, including water, energy and land. Is North Texas prepared for such explosive growth? The Dallas Morning News is working to answer that question. That’s why the newsroom is launching a bold new initiative to address these challenges and how regional planners meet them. It’s called the Future of North Texas. Throughout the project, the D-M-N will track the data and explore topics like housing and economic mobility, energy and natural resources, health disparities and how neighborhoods like southern Dallas are affected. We’ll cover how a surging population changes the region’s workforce, schools and communities. To dive into the data and learn more about the initiative, go to dallasnews.com/futureNTX

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