Earlier this month, according to new information provided Wednesday by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, District Attorney Susan Hawk went on vacation. Seeking, as her doctors have recommended, to find balance between her work and personal life, Hawk took off between May 2 and May 13. According to her…
Ken Paxton is taking his potty problem to the feds. Wednesday afternoon, Texas’ attorney general announced that he, along with a cadre of other states and school districts, was suing the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Labor and the…
Thanks to AT&T, southern Dallas is about to have some of the fastest internet connections in the United States, the company and city announced Tuesday. By next summer, more than 20,000 homes south of the Trinity River and Interstate 30 will be wired for broadband speeds of at least 1…
The stakes, no matter who’s argument you believe, are incredibly high. If you take the state of Texas’ side, argued Tuesday in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, requiring specific, high-security photo identification from every voter in the state is essential to preventing widespread chaos and voter…
University of North Texas’ athletic director, Rick Villarreal, will leave the school June 20, ending 16 years on the job. Villarreal’s time in Denton, which is coming to a mutually agreed end, according to the director and the school, was marked by improved facilities, poor hiring, hemorrhaging cash and disastrous performances on…
First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress sure does think a lot of things. He thinks that leading his parishioners to raise $135 million to build the baptist Bellagio on St. Paul Street downtown is being a good steward of the Lord’s cash. He thinks that Catholicism represents the “genius of…
The city of Arlington got played. So did the city of Dallas. Pretty much everyone involved, save Rangers’ owners Bob Simpson and Ray Davis, got used for the benefit of the club. That’s a win, if you care about winning baseball or have suffered on the third-base of Globe Life…
Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk was supposed to be at Solutions Outpatient Services 21st anniversary celebration to present an award Thursday night. She didn’t show up, and the banquet’s attendees were told she was sick. Friday morning, she was slated to be the keynote speaker at the Dallas Public Library’s…
This week, misaligned federal priorities and warnings at the Texas Capitol made it clear that the Zika virus is going to pose a very real threat to Texas during the 2016 mosquito season. As temperatures rise and mosquitoes gather, both the state and Dallas County are going to need money…
Heading into the 2016 season, the Rangers looked set to have one of the best bullpens in baseball. They returned closer Shawn Tolleson, who converted 35 of 37 save opportunities after being named the Rangers closer in May 2015, as well as Jake Diekman, Keone Kela and Sam Dyson, the…
Over the last couple of weeks, the suckiness that is airline travel has become even suckier as serpentine lines leading to Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at Dallas’ airports have grown from Six Flags to Disney World length. Airlines have been forced to delay flights, passengers have been left behind and…
In an attempt to head off concerns from conservatives about the type of judge he might nominate to the Supreme Court, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump released a list of 11 people he’d consider appointing to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on Wednesday afternoon. There are eight men and three…
Starting Tuesday, content on The Dallas Morning News’ two major websites, DallasNews.com and SportsDayDFW.com exists behind a metered paywall. Any reader hoping to view more than 10 articles a month on the sites can expect to be asked to pay for a digital subscription — or adopt one of the many easy…
One of the few downsides of having a real, big-girl or -boy full-time job that comes with a salary and benefits is that, no matter how many hours the job requires, workers are likely exempt from federal requirements mandating employers pay overtime wages for those who work more than 40…
Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor has been handed an eight-game suspension by Major League Baseball for landing a textbook right hook to Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista’s jaw. Odor will appeal and his suspension could be reduced, but he’ll miss at least a handful of games whenever a final…
Two men were killed by Garland police Sunday night after they opened fire on a Garland ISD security guard outside of a Mohammed caricature contest. The event, held at the Garland ISD event center, was organized by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, which has been classified as an anti-Muslim group…
During a contentious debate last week over handing $3 million to Costco for the retail giant to build a North Dallas store, opponents argued it would get built somewhere in Dallas with or without the money. They lost, but not before wringing a crucial concession. Costco gets its — actually,…
Big announcement from DART: In addition to the ways in which riders can now pay their fares (cash on the bus, DART’s mobile GoPass app and cash or card at light rail station ticket vending machines) DART riders will have a new option early in 2017 — a reloadable card…
In the way of actual action, very little interesting happened at the 2016 Texas Republican Convention, held at the now Exxxotica-free Key Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center. The state’s activist GOPers managed to restrain themselves from supporting secession from the United States — yes, it was actually discussed as a potential…
If any organization in baseball is capable of leading Matt Bush by the hand into becoming a productive big league pitcher, it’s the Rangers. For the second time in the last eight years, the team has taken on a former first overall pick with a history of substance abuse and…
The Rangers nascent rivalry with the Toronto Blue Jays went full boil Sunday afternoon, when Texas second baseman Rougned Odor landed a clean right hook to Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista’s jaw during the top of the eighth inning of the rubber match of a three-game series. Following being…
Less than a week after Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insinuated themselves into Fort Worth ISD bathrooms, the duo is set for fight with the Obama administration. Thursday night, the White House announced that any school receiving any federal must allow transgender students at…
