Dallas-Fort Worth residents can expect one more round of rain before hot and dry weather takes over for the rest of the week. Matt Stalley, National Weather Service lead meteorologist, said Tuesday brings about a 20% chance of rain showers. Temperatures are expected to rise steadily throughout the week. Highs will stay in the low-to-mid-90s during the middle of the week and could reach 98 or 99 degrees by the weekend. Looking ahead to next week, Stalley said the forecast doesn’t show any major changes, just continued heat and low rain chances. “It looks mostly hot and dry,” he said. @samip.parajuli.54 news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

Arlington Mayor Jim Ross will be hosting a series of Town Hall meetings throughout the next six months to cover key updates around the city, starting Tuesday at the Bob Duncan Center. The Arlington Works public Town Hall meetings will cover several topics, including bond-funded projects, public safety and infrastructure investments and the city’s current and projected budget for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. The meetings take place from 6 to 8 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Mayor Ross said the meetings will be an attempt to bring everybody up to speed on what's happening in Arlington, from the city’s perspective. The series will provide a more community-centered, intimate approach in addition to Mayor Ross’s traditional State of the City address, according to a press release from the city. Residents will be able to ask questions and engage with city leaders after each meeting’s presentation. “It gives people, the average person in Arlington, an opportunity to question the mayor,” he said. “‘What's going on with the new police substation up on Lamar? What's going on with the renovation of [Fire Station No. 8], What's going on with Randall Mill Road?’ That type of stuff.” Ross said a lot of people are tired of the federal, state and local government, and Arlington Works is an attempt to better educate residents on their local situation. “In spite of everything else going on all over the country, we're functioning just fine here in Arlington, and not only are we functioning fine, but Arlington is thriving right now,” he said. @wall035203 news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu

UTA will be implementing fees for excessive and repeated credit hours beginning this upcoming fall, the Division of Business Affairs announced in an email Thursday. Resident undergrads and doctoral students who exceed the credit hour limit — which allows for 30 additional hours beyond the minimum in a degree plan — will be charged $300 per credit hour. Students who first enrolled in a public Texas public institution before 2006 will be subject to more lenient limits or none at all. Undergrad students who enroll three or more times in a course will be charged $100 per credit hour. All attempted credit hours count, including failed, dropped and repeated courses, withdrawals and transfer credits from other institutions, may be included in the total hours recorded. Classes dropped or withdrawn before census day do not count. The fees will be introduced on student account statements once fall charges are posted by the end of July. This move aims to align UTA with two Texas statutes: Tuition for Repeated or Excessive Undergraduate Hours and Tuition Rates for Certain Doctoral Students. Current undergraduate students with at least 90 credit hours and doctoral students with at least 60 credit hours completed by the end of the summer 2025 will be exempt from the excessive hours fee for the duration of their enrollment at UTA. This does not apply to the repeated hours fee. Students enrolled in Accelerated Online programs are also excluded from excessive and repeated hours fees. Students can appeal the fees if they have special or extenuating circumstances by completing a form before the deadline. An appeal is only valid for a single semester, and students will need to resubmit each term if applicable. Students can track completed credit hours through their MyMav Student Service Center or by meeting with their academic adviser. More information is available online. news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu