The two Dallas abortion clinics that nearly saw their doors close under the state’s new regulations are remaining open thanks to a settlement with the local hospital that had tried to revoke their admitting privileges. But allegations made by the clinics suggest that it was an aggressive response from anti-abortion…
Dallas: A Midyear Report
School’s out for the summer, and across the city, spring’s final bells are ringing in a season of joy for students and teachers, and a season of sweaty-day-camp-pick-up for parents. But for us, the caretakers of little Dallas Texas, there are no seasons and no summer break. It’s just one…
See update at bottom.Agape is a Christian organization that lends crisis housing support to women, their children and unaccompanied children in need. They provide shelter to homeless women and children, as well as community ministry and counseling. They operate out of four residential homes as Household Care Facilities, according to…
In the past week, the ‘burbs have not exactly been friendly to local Muslims. Keller ISD school board member Jo Lynn Haussman was asked to resign after her fiery Facebook post saying what a “SHAME” it is to “NOW HAVE A ‘MUSLIM’ on the City Council!!!” Keller ISD’s board quickly…
House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor went down to ignominious defeat in his Republican primary in Virginia last night, becoming the first sitting majority leader to lose a party primary in the position’s history. In the upset’s aftermath, two North Texas representatives — Pete Sessions of Dallas and Jeb…
After a thankfully brief and largely unfocused debate this morning, the Dallas City Council amended city ordinances to allow bicycles in public buildings, remove unwieldy prohibitions against stunt riding and racing, and allow bicycle riders older than 17 to choose whether to wear a helmet. Changing the helmet requirements was…
At the GOP convention in Fort Worth last weekend, as rifle-toting protesters stood outside decrying their guns’ exclusion from the convention hall, three thirtysomething men, two brothers and a cousin, approached Texas State Rifle Association lobbyist Alice Tripp. Their pitch — that Texans should have the right to openly carry…
The U.S. Olympic Committee met yesterday, and one of the things reportedly on the agenda was which American city, maybe Dallas, will get to bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. It’s a long, obscure, secretive convoluted competition — sort of a modern bribery pentathlon — and we’re just excited…
Commissioners began considering whether to allow the installation of so-called historical racing terminals at Texas horse tracks at a Tuesday afternoon meeting of the Texas Racing Commission in Austin. The machines, which allow bettors to rapidly wager on replays of past races that have scrubbed of all identifying information, are…
Until 2011, Luis lived in Mexico, where he made a living building houses. Luis’ wife and children, who are American citizens, lived in Los Angeles. Luis visited his wife and children as much as he could, until he was arrested for illegal reentry. For this crime, he served a three-year…
Keller ISD board member Jo Lynn Haussmann was censured at a special meeting of the board last night. She was asked to resign, too, but that was never going to happen. She offered a half-hearted apology for the Facebook comment that led to the meeting — the one in which…
In a move that’s been a long time coming, the Deep Ellum Tax Increment Financing District Board met Monday to approve a recommendation to the City Council that the district be expanded to include the area that people actually think of as Deep Ellum. The core of Deep Ellum, the…
Your browser does not support iframes. Texas Rangers outfielder Engel Beltre fractured his tibia. Catcher Geovany Soto tore his meniscus. First baseman Prince Fielder required neck surgery. And those are just a few examples of the Rangers’ injuries woes. With starting first baseman Mitch Moreland having surgery on his ankle…
For as long as a decade, the feds say, brothers Cesar and Gilberto have been the kingpins of a large and violent drug-dealing syndicate in North Texas, known by law enforcement as the Goon Squad. Theirs was a family business. The brothers worked along with their sister Elva as drug…
Texas’ historic drought is, at least, good for one thing: fewer mosquitoes. But according to researchers at UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, the mosquitoes that survive could be bigger, meaner and more persistent. Mosquitoes grow in stagnant water. If there are fewer mosquitoes, there are more nutrients to…
The Dallas City Council’s Transportation and Trinity River Corridor Committee was briefed early this afternoon about plans that should make travel on the LBJ Freeway east of Central Expressway just as exasperating as commuting on the western side. Matthew Craig, an engineer for Halff Associates, the firm charged with shepherding…
If an angry homeowner-turned-environmental-activist keeps getting vindicated by research, but all the important government people just ignore it, does the research make a sound? Probably not. Steve Lipsky, the homeowner in Parker County who became famous for being able to set his water on fire after Range Resources started drilling…
When we left you on Friday, there was a glimmering hope that Texas Republicans might consider adopting a more middle-ground approach to immigration, in an attempt to appeal to Hispanic voters. According to state Representative Jason Villalba, a more moderate stance would be critical to the survival of the Republican…
In a handful of places in Texas — Austin and Midland and San Marcos, for example — getting caught carrying a small amount of marijuana will get you a ticket and a court date but, barring more serious infractions, won’t involve handcuffs. Dallas has a different approach. “We take you…
Pamela Jones is a teacher at DeSoto’s alternative high school. She’s 35. She has a husband and four kids. She works for Athletes for Change, whose mission to “provide exceptional role models” to young people. If authorities are right, she has an odd sense of what makes a great role…
When Robert Coleman’s house got egged, he called the University Park police. It was a Saturday night in September 2012. Officers came to the crime scene but found no leads, other than the splattered egg yolk. Coleman realized that his patio umbrella was also missing, according to the police report…
In news that further confirms something you knew all along — that fast food restaurant restrooms are just the worst — Andrew Crawford Boden, the Irving man arrested for allegedly hiding a camera in a Grapevine Braum’s restroom, has been arrested again. After the Braum’s camera was found on May…
