It’s officially July. That means feeling your organs slowly cook as Dallas makes its annual transition to a searing, urban hellscape, sneaking up to the most convenient nearby rooftop for fireworks and, most important, the start of Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, California. Football, in a way, is back, making…
Sen. Ted Cruz exposed his Achilles’ heel again last week. During a Commerce Committee hearing, Cruz went after Google executive Maggie Stanphill, preening for the cameras about Google and its donations, or lack thereof, to President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Cruz was trying, we think, to harden the growing…
In the end, it wasn’t a definitive or even particularly clear statement, but it might have been just enough from the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts. Joining with court’s four liberals, Roberts wrote that the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the…
Less than a day after a Dallas County grand jury indicted a Farmers Branch police officer for allegedly shooting a man as he drove away, the Dallas Police Association excoriated the process that led to the indictment. On June 12, Michael Dunn and other Farmers Branch officers were watching a…
Oak Lawn is getting a bit more colorful. On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council signed off on a series of street improvements in the neighborhood that includes 10 rainbow crosswalks meant to celebrate Oak Lawn’s history as a safe space for Dallas’ LGBTQ community. The crosswalks will be installed and…
NRATV, the most provocative arm of the National Rifle Association, a group that is all too happy to provoke, is no more, the gun-rights organization announced in a message to supporters Wednesday. Prior to the mother ship pulling the plug, NRATV broadcast from studios in Uptown. “Many members expressed concern…
Late Wednesday afternoon, a Dallas County jury sentenced Wesley Mathews to life in prison for his involvement in the death of his 3-year-old adopted daughter, Sherin Mathews. A grand jury indicted Mathews on capital murder charges in 2018, but Mathews pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, injury of a child…
Monday night, one of Dallas sports’ biggest-ever sure things turned out to be a sure thing. Luka Doncic, the Mavericks’ preternaturally talented 20-year-old forward, picked up the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Award, putting a bow on what was a rookie season for the ages. As Doncic officially starts down…
Believe it or not, there is an honest-to-goodness presidential debate tonight in Miami. It’s the first of the 2020 election cycle, getting underway 222 days before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3. Thanks to the Democrats’ clown-car-filling 24 candidates for president, the debate will actually be held over two nights,…
Nathan Hawkins lives in an apartment in a nice neighborhood in the the Mid-Cities — exactly where, he doesn’t like to say. During the week, he works 12-hour shifts at a job hanging electrical signs on high-rise buildings. When he’s not working, he runs a custom woodworking business. On weekends,…
A new filing by Wade Callender, former corporate counsel for Frisco-based game developer Gearbox Software, provided evidence that CEO Randy Pitchford diverted $12 million dollars from Gearbox to his personal company. The amended petition is the latest entry…
This spring, Bedford state Rep. Jonathan Stickland finally passed a bill. It took four terms in office and dozens of dramas big and small, but Stickland pushed through his long-desired ban on red-light cameras. Turns out, finally getting on the legislative board took all that Stickland had to give. The…
It sounded almost too good to be true. Two weeks ago, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill killing the state’s hated Driver Responsibility Program, which has led to 1.3 million Texans having their driver’s licenses suspended. On Sept. 1, the day the program officially ends, more than 630,000 people…
In just over a decade, Texas is headed for a major nursing shortage, according to a new report. Nursing, the largest health care profession in the U.S., is also one of the nation’s fastest growing professions according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But by 2030, the state of Texas…
Scientists should study Texas. We may be the secret to understanding climate change denial. In fact, the longer they fail to study Texas, the longer it will be before anybody figures out what’s wrong with people. What’s wrong is President Donald Trump. But Texas. Trump rolled back EPA controls on…
Texas kids are still suffering. They still lag behind children in other states when it comes to economic well-being, education, health and measures of family and community support, according to the 2019 Kids Count data book from Annie E. Casey Foundation. Despite limited help from the Texas Legislature in the…
Texas’ white plurality is this close to being over, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Any day now, it seems, the state is set to become majority Hispanic. According to the bureau’s 2018 population estimates, Texas has about 11.9 million white, non-Hispanic residents, compared with 11.4…
Monday afternoon, a few hours after Brian Clyde shot out the first-floor windows of the Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse before being killed by federal officers, FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno told reporters that Clyde wasn’t known to the FBI or part of any investigation. Turns out, that…
It’s starting to look more and more like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is never going to go on trial despite being indicted on felony charges nearly four years ago. Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to reconsider a decision that resulted in the lawyers prosecuting Paxton’s alleged…
Sometimes it’s helpful to remember that East Texas U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert is just one of 435 members of the U.S. House. If he had more power, his ascientific, ahistoric and afactual view of the world would be menacing. As a back-bencher, Gohmert remains an object of curiosity and a…
Civility is big this year. A new Pew poll shows a majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, think the way President Donald Trump talks is “concerning” and “embarrassing” — not the notes you want jotted at the bottom of your annual review. And then here in Dallas we…
Early Tuesday morning, as the newly inaugurated Dallas City Council started feeling its way through its first real meeting, South Oak Cliff representative Casey Thomas recited the obligatory post-election refrain. “Campaign season is over,” Thomas said. “We’re here to govern now.” Whether that’s true — a handful of his colleagues…
