The name Rex Tillerson is now an international talking point. The head of Exxon Mobile, based in Irving, is the favorite to become Donald Trump’s Secretary of State. Energy industry figures, Russian government bureaucrats and target-seeking environmentalists may know his name, but to the rest of the nation he’s an…
Mayor Mike Rawlings says the city of Dallas can’t fund $1.1 billion to fix its police and fire pension woes. I can. Easy.
Late Friday, Moody’s Investors Service announced that, for the third time in less than two years, it was downgrading the city of Dallas general obligation bonds. In layman’s terms, that means that the city’s credit rating — its ability to borrow money through the sale of bonds — has taken…
Considering the source, a state government that has at stake a large part of both its reputation and budget on preventing and restricting access to abortion, there is very little in the state of Texas’ Department of State Health Services’ new “A Woman’s Right to Know” pamphlet that comes as…
We know your busy, so here’s a roundup of the week’s events from the Dallas Observer newsroom. Five Things to Know About T.C. Broadnax, the Lone Finalist for Dallas City Manager This week, city hall will vote in our new city manager. Here’s a primer on the guy who will…
T.C. Broadnax, currently the city manager in Tacoma, Washington, is the lone finalist for Dallas’ open city manager job, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings announced Friday morning. Broadnax’ nomination comes after a week of interviews with members of the city council and, at a reception Tuesday night at city hall, the…
Apparently not content to quietly leave Baylor University, Art Briles, the school’s deposed head football coach, sued university regents and a school vice president Thursday for defamation and conspiracy. Briles’ suit centers on the claim that he did not, contrary to statements made by regents and the university, know about…
The Cowboys are in a weird spot. With four games and a little less than a month left to play in the regular season, they’ve locked up a playoff spot with an 11-1 record and appear set to coast to the first seed in the NFC playoffs. They’re set to…
Actor Judge Reinhold threw a major fit at Love Field Thursday. Dallas police arrested Reinhold, best known for his parts in Beverly Hills Cop, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and, a little more recently, Arrested Development, Thursday afternoon at Love Field after the actor took issue with being screened by…
Taking back interest and cost of living payments already agreed to by contract is bankruptcy-lite for Dallas.
A white attorney sued the State Bar of Texas governing board on Monday for discrimination. Austin-based attorney Greg Gegenheimer brought action against several defendants representing the state bar because he claims they are violating the Equal Protection Clause by maintaining a “race- and sex-based quota scheme on its Board of…
A strange thing went down at Wednesday’s Dallas City Council meeting. With little fanfare and no discussion, the council appointed Walkable DFW founder Patrick Kennedy to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board. This move came despite the council transportation committee’s previous recommendation of environmental lawyer Howard Gilberg for the post. Frustrations…
Richard Spencer, the white nationalist whose fans give Nazi salutes, does come from here, after all.
In Dallas it’s a holiday tradition right up there with the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving game, mocking the Neiman Marcus Catalog and being pissed off at being stuck in traffic during the marathon — package theft season. As the temperature drops, the number of videos posted by local police agencies and angry…
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings finds himself cornered at the OK Corral by a bunch of low-rent landlords.
Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Cepeda will spend the rest of his life in a federal prison. U.S. District Judge Terry Means sentenced Ledezma-Cepeda on Tuesday afternoon for interstate stalking and conspiracy to commit murder. Ledezma-Cepeda is the third person sentenced for his role in the 2013 Southlake murder of Guerrero Chapa, a lawyer for…
Most of the time, the interests of the Texas Association of Business and Republicans in the Texas Legislature line up pretty well. Both groups want fewer government regulations on employers, expansive at-will employment and school choice vouchers for Texas parents, among other things. Over the past couple of years, however,…
Dallas attorney Faith Johnson is Dallas County’s new district attorney. Tuesday morning, Governor Greg Abbott announced that Johnson, previously a Dallas County district judge and assistant prosecutor for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, will serve the rest of the term Susan Hawk was elected to in 2014. Hawk resigned…
A nameless black ’83 Thunderbird and a red ’98 Ford Mustang called the “Hater Hurter” shot down the drag strip like bullets fired from a gun. They roared to life surrounded by a crowd of street racers and spectators and, in seconds, flashed by the finish line moving at 120…
We all know there’s only one way to keep up the city’s basic infrastructure. Pay for it.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings on sued the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System Monday morning. Well, sort of. Officially, Rawlings filed his suit merely as a resident. The pension system has gone through crisis after crisis as it’s bid to escape the deep financial hole created by former fund director…
The plan seemed simple enough: open up a couple of shell companies to funnel millions in bribe and kickback payments in exchange for patient referrals. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Texas claims Forest Park Medical Center paid approximately $40 million in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for…
