This episode is all about summer weeknight dinners and other flavors to get you through hot months in Dallas-Fort Worth. Here's what to look forward to: Authentic chilaquiles. A smash burger with flare. An amped-up take on steak from Chef André Natera. Sheet pan shrimp boil. And more.

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Dallas has chosen to overhaul Fair Park’s management and terminate its contract with Fair Park First, the 277-acre park’s nonprofit manager, and its subcontractor Oak View Group, which operates the park. In other news, a new variant of COVID-19 is spreading across the U.S., causing a painful symptom dubbed “razor blade throat.” COVID variant NB.1.8.1, nicknamed Nimbus, accounts for more than a third of COVID cases in the U.S.; DART failed to protect passengers with disabilities from sexual assault according to several lawsuits; and in a massive labor win for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the dancers say they will receive a 400% pay raise for the 2025 season.

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SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Shawn McFarland discuss the Rangers’ season approaching the midway point in a special all baseball, all the time podcast. Who had Jacob deGrom being so good they’d have to hold him back? [14:50] Who had the offense in another funk? Josh Jung could be the latest to sit a few days after an extended slump, Evan says. The guys share their opinions on the biggest need when the trade deadline comes as well as what to do with Jon Gray once he comes back. [35:40] They also tell us if the Rangers make the playoffs and how far they go.

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The guys dispel with current Rangers talk and the archives because when Mr. Ranger is available, you give him the floor. Tom Grieve sits down for a conversation about his 55-year career with the Rangers, which, of course, includes Ted Williams talk, but also his transition to GM and the single biggest innovation of his tenure, which brought the Rangers waves of talent from Latin America.

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Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed several bills intended to solidify Texas’ growing reputation as a powerhouse of business and economic growth. The governor signed legislation meant to cut red tape and boost investment. In other news, a16-year-old and a 25-year-old were fatally shot Sunday night as they fought over a rifle. 17-year old Marquavius Hunt has been arrested on capital murder of multiple persons for shooting the two people as they fought; the state health department reported Tuesday that the Texas measles outbreak has reached 750 cases.  The current case count is an increase of six from last week’s update. Total hospitalizations since the outbreak first erupted in Gaines County in January also increased by one, from 96 to 97; and Dallas darling Erykah Badu will headline a free Juneteenth concert — courtesy of Amazon Music — at the Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum. Tickets are no longer available, but fans can still watch the show live on Prime Video and Twitch on Thursday evening.

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In this week's episode, Rob Kaplan, former CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and long-time Goldman Sachs executive talks about innovation, coaching and lessons from the corner office.

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The warm week continues for North Texas as the heat settles in. Today’s high for the metro area will be 94. According to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office, the humidity will make it feel more like 103. Add to that, a few wispy clouds will offer little in the way of cover or relief. The overnight low will be 77. Todays headlines include: Vance Boelter, the man suspected of fatally shooting a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband Saturday, attended Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas in the late 1980s; a new Dallas City Council began its term Monday amid calls by Mayor Eric Johnson to focus the city government’s priorities on infrastructure improvements, funding public safety and moving past the political theater that has engulfed local politics; Gov. Greg Abbott signed a package of bills Monday that aims to slash property taxes for Texas homeowners. Surrounded by state legislators, local officials and residents of Robson Ranch, a luxury senior community in Denton County, Abbott called the Texas property tax cuts unprecedented in the U.S. The bills approve two constitutional amendments, which voters must still approve in November. One would raise the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000; the other would raise the exemption to $200,000 for state residents with disabilities or those who are 65 and older. Abbott said, more than half of seniors would pay no property taxes at all; and the Knox District development at the corner of Knox and Travis streets in Dallas has announced its first of several restaurants. Italian cafe Sant Ambroeus will serve Milanese food in an indoor-outdoor setting overlooking Dallas’ Katy Trail.

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Gov. Greg Abbott is scheduled to hold a bill signing ceremony Monday afternoon in Denton for legislation approved recently by state lawmakers that aims to provide tax relief for property owners. In other news, people with spinal cord injuries are getting a new lease on life thanks to a tiny neck implant paired with physical therapy. In a study published last month in the journal Nature, researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas showed that pairing a nearly dime-sized vagus nerve stimulator with targeted hand and arm exercises helped people with incomplete spinal cord injuries regain movement; sightings of the invasive Hammerhead worm have been on the rise in North Texas; and RJ Yoakum, one of Dallas’ few remaining nominees for a James Beard Award, is no longer the executive chef at Dallas fine-dining restaurant Georgie. Restaurant owner Stephan Courseau confirmed Yoakum’s departure to The Dallas Morning News Sunday.

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A woman who said she was sexually abused as a child by Gateway Church founder Robert Morris has sued him and the church, alleging she was defamed by statements categorizing the abuse as an “inappropriate relationship.” In other news, developer Ruel Hamilton, who was convicted in 2021 for paying two Dallas City Council members to advance his housing projects, was acquitted on all federal counts Thursday. Hamilton was originally found guilty in 2021 by a Dallas jury and sentenced to eight years in federal prison; Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that he deployed over 2,000 troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety and more than 5,000 Texas National Guard soldiers across the state ahead of the planned protests on Saturday; and Garland dad Greg Artkop was sitting at Smokey Joe’s BBQ in southern Dallas recently, it was his first stop on a quest to eat at Texas’ 50 best barbecue joints.

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This episode is all about salad: chicken salad, kale salad, tuna salad and pasta salad - plus a side of Sancerre. The Dallas Morning News food team, along with help from listeners, friends and family, is doing what it can to help you stay cool (and keep cooking) this summer.

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