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U.S. Navy Blue Angels to fly over Dallas-Fort Worth in tribute to healthcare workers

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will fly over Dallas-Fort Worth on May 6.

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In a show of national solidarity, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels will fly over Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday, May 6. The flyover is part of a series of events the squadron has been doing around the United States over the past two weeks, dubbed America Strong, in a salute to honor healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential frontline workers as they combat COVID-19.

The local flyover will start at 11 am in McKinney, going south along Central Expressway/75. The zigzag pattern will then take them roughly over, in order, Frisco, The Colony, Plano, Richardson, Dallas, Duncanville, Grand Prairie, Irving, DFW Airport, Grapevine, Keller, North Richland Hills, Arlington, Fort Worth, Saginaw, Lake Worth, White Settlement, and Benbrook before heading south to Houston and New Orleans. For a complete map of the flyover, click here.

The entire flyover will last a total of 35 minutes, so it's a blink-or-you'll-miss-them kind of event. Spectators are encouraged to watch the flyover from home in order to maintain social distancing practices.

The Blue Angels had been joined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds on some previous flyovers during America Strong, but that squadron will not be part of this flyover. They will, however, participate in the upcoming Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show, taking place October 17-18 at Fort Worth Alliance Airport.

The Blue Angels are based at Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. While the primary goal of America Strong is to show support for areas hard hit by coronavirus, the flights also fulfill critical training requirements the team, as pilots must have a minimum number of flight hours to maintain proficiency.

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Texas earns discouraging rank as 9th worst state for working moms

Working mother, best and worst states for working moms in 2026

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Texas is far from the best state for working mothers, the study determined.

A new national study comparing the best and worst states for working mothers has painted a bleak picture for Texas. The Lone Star State earned a disappointing rank as the ninth worst state for working moms in America.

WalletHub's 2026 report compared the work-life balance, childcare, and professional opportunities for working mothers across all 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine the rankings. Metrics analyzed include the quality of daycares, childcare costs, school system quality, gender pay gaps, the share of families in poverty, female unemployment rates, a parental leave policy score, the average length of a woman's work week (in hours), and much more.

The top five best states for working mothers in America are all located in the Northeast, according to the study. Connecticut claimed the top spot nationally, and Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Vermont respectfully rounded out the top five.

Texas ranked as the 43rd "best" state overall. The bottom three worst states for working moms are Louisiana (No. 51), Alabama (No. 50), and New Mexico (No. 49).

Texas' best ranking was in the national comparison of states with the best median salaries for women, adjusted for the local cost of living. The state ranked No. 22 overall, but it earned middling and poor ranks across numerous additional categories.

The average length of a woman's work week in Texas is the fifth-worst in the country, and the state's female unemployment rate is the 11th worst nationally. The ratio of female executives to male executives in Texas is also the sixth-worst in the U.S.

Here's how WalletHub ranked life as a working mom in Texas in other categories, where a No. 1 rank is considered the best and No. 25 is considered average:

No. 26 – Childcare costs (adjusted for the median women’s salary)
No. 26 – Pediatricians per capita
No. 27 – Parental leave policy score
No. 33 – Daycare quality
No. 35 – Gender pay gap (women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s)
No. 38 – Percentage of single-mother families living in poverty

Unfortunately, Texas' poor livability for working mothers may not surprise some. Earlier this year, Texas was dubbed the No. 4 worst state for women in a separate study by WalletHub. It shouldn't be a stretch to expect better for women — who make up nearly half of the workforce — yet still get paid 82 percent of what men make per hour.

"The U.S. still has a lot of work to do when it comes to improving conditions for working moms, given the wage gap and the lack of representation women have in certain leadership positions," WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said.

He said the best states for working mothers offer equitable pay, strong career advancement, strong parental leave policies, top notch school systems, and high quality childcare and healthcare.

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