The Mexican-American Legislative Caucus and Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus are adamant that Texas residents should not have to answer questions about their immigration status when census takers come to their doors in 2020. The groups, which comprise the majority of Latino and Latina representatives in the Legislature, sued the Department…
After the twin highs of primary victories and better-than-expected poll numbers carried them through the last couple of months, Democratic electoral hopefuls Lupe Valdez and Beto O’Rourke got a reality check Wednesday afternoon. According to a new poll from Quinnipiac University, both candidates face double-digit deficits in their bids to…
Gov. Greg Abbott’s new school safety plan, unveiled at Dallas ISD headquarters, is voluminous, if not at all unexpected. The governor, seemingly chastened by the murder of 10 students and teachers at a high school in Santa Fe earlier this month, told reporters Wednesday morning that Texas schools need better…
Two days after wrapping up the Democratic nomination for governor, former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez faced her first bit of general election adversity Thursday as information emerged that she is delinquent on 2017 taxes for seven properties in Dallas and Ellis counties. According to information first reported by the…
An incident Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrance Williams will likely never live down started with an empty Lamborghini wrapped around a light pole in the middle of Lebanon Road in Frisco early Saturday morning. Police found the car, a blue 2017 Huracan, and went looking for Williams, the man listed…
The Cowboys’ tumultuous 2017 season had a little of everything. It had two three-game winning streaks and one season-killing, three game losing streak. It featured defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence becoming the All-Pro his backers always thought he could be and wide receiver Dez Bryant taking the fall off the performance…
Some of the most vulnerable people in Texas could be facing a health care crisis if a new rule proposed by the Trump administration goes into effect. Rolled out in full late Tuesday, the proposed change to the Department of Health and Human Services Title X family planning program would…
Five-and-a-half months from now, on another Tuesday night and after another watch party, Colin Allred and his merry band of supporters will know if all the hope they felt as they gathered in North Dallas on primary runoff night was real. They’ll know whether or not longtime incumbent Congressman Pete…
The Texas Department of State Health Services has tapped the brakes on a proposed protocol that could’ve seen all food and supplements containing cannabidiol oil removed from Texas store shelves, thanks to a deluge of comments sent to the agency last month in support of the products. “The protocol that was…
A Dallas County grand jury has indicted Armando Juarez, the man suspected of killing Dallas police Officer Rogelio Santander, on a bevy of felony charges related to the shooting of Santander; Santander’s partner, Crystal Almeida; and Home Depot loss prevention officer Scott Painter on April 24. Dallas County will seek…
In dribs and drabs over the first part of the year, numbers from Dallas’ cite-and-release pilot program have come out, painting a portrait of marijuana enforcement in the city. Over the first five months that the program, which allows those busted with pot to receive a citation to come to…
Friday morning’s shooting at a high school in Santa Fe left eight students and two teachers dead and forced state officials to assume up their usual positions. Another catastrophic act of gun violence had happened in the state, and there were thoughts to think and prayers to pray. Texas Gov…
It was all going so well, or so 10 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport employees thought, before one of them allegedly agreed to smuggle C-4 explosives on a plane departing from the airport. They were moving what they believed to be meth through the airport, charging undercover agents they believed to…
Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, misrepresented the drug’s risks, potential for addiction and appropriate dosage schedules, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton wants the company to compensate the state for its alleged role in the opioid addiction crisis that led to…
On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court killed the federal ban on sports betting outside Nevada, and there was, at least on the sports-friendly corners of the internet, much rejoicing. Behavior that, while routine, has been forced into the shadows, is headed for the light, at least in New Jersey,…
Pingpong balls will decide the Mavericks’ future Tuesday night, live and in color on ESPN and all of the network’s streaming platforms. Whether fans or pundits like it or not, the NBA’s draft order is still determined, in large part, by chance. If the Mavs get lucky, they could speed…
Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s first major fare structure overhaul since 2012 will get started this week with the rollout of a major update to the transit agency’s mobile payment app. The update, effective Monday, clears the way for systemwide fare and collection changes this summer. Those who struggle to cover…
Thursday was National Black Mama’s Bail Out Day, a time for community groups around the country to raise money to get black women in county jails out on bail just in time for Mother’s Day. This year, unlike in 2017, Dallas got in on the project; a team of women’s…
This spring, as workers’ rights advocates began their push for mandatory paid sick leave for every worker employed in Dallas, one of the biggest questions that bubbled to the surface is just how many people in the city need paid sick leave. New data from the nonpartisan Institute for Women’s Policy…
Let’s look at the ways Dallas sports have sucked in 2018. The year started with a Cowboys-free NFL playoffs in January. The Mavericks have been historically bad, and the Stars missed the playoffs after a hot start thanks to going 4-13 in March. Southern Methodist University missed the NCAA Tournament…
Two days after lamenting middle-class residents’ flight from Dallas, the City Council did something about it. By a 15-0 vote, the council passed Dallas’ first comprehensive housing policy, which it hopes will bring 20,000 new homes to 13 of the city’s 14 council districts. Through zoning and financing initiatives, the…
Euless lawyer Salman Bhojani did it. After a losing run for City Council two years ago, he scored an apparent victory Saturday night, finishing 37 votes ahead of Molly Maddux when all the ballots were counted. While he still faces a potential recount — Maddux has not conceded, talked to…
