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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Dallas Observer. letters@dallasobserver.com (Dallas Observer Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Dallas Observer Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/RSS-DAL_1320x825-100.jpg The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com 144 90 https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-proposition-3-could-make-jail-overcrowding-worse-40612006/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40612006 Kelly Dearmore https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-proposition-3-could-make-jail-overcrowding-worse-40612006/#respond Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500 Prop. 3 would let judges deny bail for certain felony charges when risk or danger is shown. But that's already in the state Constitution. ]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-proposition-3-could-make-jail-overcrowding-worse-40612006/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/michelin-star-for-new-dallas-restaurant-explained-sorta-40611689/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40611689 Lauren Drewes Daniels https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/michelin-star-for-new-dallas-restaurant-explained-sorta-40611689/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:50:30 -0500 Maybe it was a shooting star. Even the chef wondered why the award came so quickly. ]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/michelin-star-for-new-dallas-restaurant-explained-sorta-40611689/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/why-every-small-victory-in-special-education-matters-40606432/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40606432 Alec Spicer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/why-every-small-victory-in-special-education-matters-40606432/#respond Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:43:00 -0500 The stakes are monumental as the government scales back on support for the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/why-every-small-victory-in-special-education-matters-40606432/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/dallas-deep-ellum-businesses-struggle-with-construction-crime-40604331/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40604331 Lauren Drewes Daniels https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/dallas-deep-ellum-businesses-struggle-with-construction-crime-40604331/#respond Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:32:44 -0500 From "the great construction boondoggle" to the "absurdity of help," one venue owner shares his struggle to survive. ]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/dallas-deep-ellum-businesses-struggle-with-construction-crime-40604331/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/cruel-texas-abortion-laws-mean-more-grieving-moms-will-suffer-40601313/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40601313 Kelly Dearmore https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/cruel-texas-abortion-laws-mean-more-grieving-moms-will-suffer-40601313/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0500 Thanks to extremist lawmakers and new laws like HB 7, Texas families will continue to face impossible decisions.]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/cruel-texas-abortion-laws-mean-more-grieving-moms-will-suffer-40601313/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/jimmy-kimmel-is-back-but-dont-get-complacent-40600533/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40600533 Alec Spicer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/jimmy-kimmel-is-back-but-dont-get-complacent-40600533/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:22:47 -0500 That a late-night comedian could even temporarily lose his platform under the shadow of government threats is not a censorial flare-up — it’s a five-alarm fire for free speech.]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/jimmy-kimmel-is-back-but-dont-get-complacent-40600533/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-aandm-firing-staff-over-gender-studies-embarrassed-aggies-23253351/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/uncategorized/texas-aandm-firing-staff-over-gender-studies-embarrassed-aggies-23253351/ Chelsey https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-aandm-firing-staff-over-gender-studies-embarrassed-aggies-23253351/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:23:00 -0500 An A&M alum reckons with the university's decision to fire multiple employees for teaching in opposition to an ultra-conservative doctrine.]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-aandm-firing-staff-over-gender-studies-embarrassed-aggies-23253351/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/hiking-in-texas-how-to-poop-in-a-way-that-wont-harm-environment-23251896/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/uncategorized/hiking-in-texas-how-to-poop-in-a-way-that-wont-harm-environment-23251896/ Chelsey https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/hiking-in-texas-how-to-poop-in-a-way-that-wont-harm-environment-23251896/#respond Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:35:00 -0500 Hitting the trails? Time to come clean.]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/hiking-in-texas-how-to-poop-in-a-way-that-wont-harm-environment-23251896/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/dallas-based-energy-transfer-sued-to-silence-dissent-23217015/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/uncategorized/dallas-based-energy-transfer-sued-to-silence-dissent-23217015/ Chelsey https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/dallas-based-energy-transfer-sued-to-silence-dissent-23217015/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:30:00 -0500 Instead of dogs and hoses, corporate bullying tactics move to lawsuits and lobbyists.]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/dallas-based-energy-transfer-sued-to-silence-dissent-23217015/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-ups-driver-nearly-killed-by-heat-exhaustion-still-without-a-c-22791339/ https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/uncategorized/texas-ups-driver-nearly-killed-by-heat-exhaustion-still-without-a-c-22791339/ Chelsey https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-ups-driver-nearly-killed-by-heat-exhaustion-still-without-a-c-22791339/#respond Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:30:00 -0500 'There's no telling if I'll make it through another Texas summer,' UPS driver Hayden Keonig says.]]> https://dal-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/texas-ups-driver-nearly-killed-by-heat-exhaustion-still-without-a-c-22791339/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer