Texas Democrats Call on State Health Officials to Release Data on Pregnancy-Related Deaths
Dozens of state lawmakers have called on DSHS to publish a report on the number of pregnancy-related deaths in Texas.
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Migrant Plane Investigation: Ken Paxton Accuses Bexar County Sheriff of ‘Partisan Grandstanding’
To hear the state’s top cop tell it, he backs the blue harder than the blue’s ever been backed. But on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took a different tack. A day after the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced it was investigating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant plane to…
Shortage of Working Vehicles Could Spread Dallas Fire-Rescue Even Thinner
So many Dallas Fire-Rescue vehicles are out of service that the city has turned to temporarily renting trucks for the department.
PEN America: Texas Leads the Country in ‘Deeply Undemocratic’ Push to Ban Books in Schools
Texas leads the country when it comes to banning books in schools, according to a new report published by a free speech advocacy group. PEN America’s new report found that Texas ranked first in the number of titles yanked from school bookshelves across several districts, citing “political pressure” from state…
Dallas Housing Authority Pays Former Tenant $500,000 After Discrimination Complaint
A former Dallas Housing Authority tenant claimed the agency discriminated against her. Now, they’re paying her $500,000.
As Housing Costs Rise, Oak Cliff Development Company Has Big Plans for Southern Dallas
Oak Cliff Community Investment Fund has plans for a 63-acre Southern Dallas community with affordable housing, green space, grocery stores, and more
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You Thought It Was Fall in North Texas? The Endless Summer Would Like a Word.
If you’re anything like us, you went outside last weekend, felt the cool breeze on your skin, went for a long walk and relished the belated demise of the long, brutal summer. After all, it was one of the hottest summers on record in North Texas. Who wouldn’t want to…
Amid Spike in Anti-Semitic Incidents, Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Rabbis
The Anti-Defamation League says anti-Semitic incidents hit an all-time high in 2021.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tells Texans and Others to Go to the Golden State for Abortions
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says in new, multi-state billboards that people faced with abortion bans can go to his state to get the procedure legally.
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Rights Groups Decry Gov. Greg Abbott’s ‘Political Stunts’ as Texas Sends More Migrant Buses to D.C.
Gov. Greg Abbott has sent another busload of migrants north, this time to the Naval Observatory in D.C.
Fox Says Migrants Are ‘Killing’ Pets in South Texas, but Local Law Enforcement Has No Such Reports
On Tuesday, Fox News ran an especially alarming headline about migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Eagle Pass. The way the report put it, locals had started arming themselves, in part, because, according to at least one resident, migrants had “killed pets” in town. The Fox report said that migrants were…
‘Violent Street Crime’ is Decreasing in the City, According to Dallas Police
The Dallas Police Department says it’s violent crime reduction plan has decreased “violent street crime” by 12% in the last year.
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Affordable Housing Crisis Takes Center Stage Before Texas Senate Committee
Texans for Reasonable Solutions brought several experts to testify to the Texas senate about badly needed solutions to the continued Texas housing crisis.
Texan Tamyra Mensah-Stock Wins Gold Medal at World Wrestling Championships in Serbia
Texan Tamyra Mensah-Stock will again wrestle for gold at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday. Last year, Mensah-Stock, who wrestles in the 68 kg weight division (around 149.9 lbs), became the first African American woman to win a gold medal in wrestling at the Olympics. Not long…
Dallas County Will Consider Replacing Lew Sterrett Justice Center
The Lew Sterrett Justice Center’s time in Dallas may be up as the county’s commissioners consider replacing it.
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In Hunt County, Former Police Officer Goes on Trial for Killing Jonathan Price in October 2020
On Oct. 3, 2020, police officer Shaun Lucas shot and killed Jonathan Price in Wolfe City. He’s now on trial for first-degree murder.
North Texan Who Wrote ‘Murder the Media’ on U.S. Capitol Door Pleads Guilty over Pro-Trump Riot
Posing for a picture during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, probably wasn’t Nicholas DeCarlo’s best idea, but it likely wasn’t the worst decision he made that day either. Along with Nicholas Ochs, a Honolulu resident and purported leader in the far-right Proud Boys group, North Texas native…
Dallas Tries Improving Trash Pickup and Sanitation Services With New Schedule, Longer Work Week
In June last year, Dallas residents submitted some 27,000 complaints about delayed or missed sanitation services. Residents still complain about the services today, but they may start to change in December.
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Scam Calls and Text Messages Target Dallas Water Utilities Customers for Second Time This Year
Like they did back in July, Dallas Water Utilities customers were sent fraudulent notices over the phone claiming they needed to pay their bill or service would be disconnected.
In Texas, Judge Sentences Aryan Circle Gang Member Who Burned Off Man’s Tattoo to Life in Prison
The way federal authorities tell it, Jesse Paul Blankenship burned a tattoo off another man’s skin with a metal rod he’d heated with a blowtorch. He also participated in a kidnapping and opened fire on two people in their home. Between 2010 and 2021, federal authorities say, Blankenship had “put…
‘It’s Not Over’: Dallas County Has Received the Updated Omicron Vaccine
Dallas County has now received shipments of the new, updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
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Denton’s Cool Beans Cancels Disney Drag Brunch After ‘Threats’ and ‘Aggressive Phone Calls’
It’s the latest drag brunch targeted by conservatives and right-wing groups in Texas.