Just a year ago, protesters around the country, including in Dallas, rallied around the slogan. It was on the tip of everyone’s tongues: “Defund the police.” Conservatives were outraged. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed a slate of so-called “back the blue” bills in the Legislature, and in Dallas, budget discussions…
Dallas County’s Expunction Expo is on its fifth year and has a record number of applicants hoping to get their records expunged.
Texas Democrats in 2003 fled to Ardmore, Oklahoma, to block gerrymandering legislation.
When the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Dallas County hit 300 and suspected cases tacked on another 106 on Monday, it marked a sad milestone:
Some civil rights leaders are accusing the Biden administration of breaking its promise to end border wall construction.
For the next 28 months, exotic cat rancher Paul Michael Malagerio will be locked up in federal prison for his visa overstay and illegally possessing three firearms.
After 15 minutes inside a Fort Worth cell phone store, a group of robbers walked out with cash and electronics, hopped into a grey Nissan Altima and left the scene. Store employees were left on the floor with their hands zip-tied behind their backs. The robbers knew what they were doing. They’d done it many times before.
Released this week, a new TV ad condemns Republican state lawmakers’ latest push to restrict voting rights.
The ‘White Unity Conference’ was initially slated to take place in Paris, Texas, but facing community pressure, organizers had to relocate to Longview.
This week, a federal judge ordered a halt in an ongoing lawsuit brought by Dallas County Jail detainees against the county.
Dallas Cred doesn’t intervene in active violent situations. Instead, their job is to interrupt patterns that lead to violent behavior and wreak havoc on communities.
In 2021, rabies has spiked among Texas cattle.
During a meeting with several sheriffs of border counties this past weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants the state to give more money to bankroll local law enforcement in enforcing immigration laws. “Our goal is not to release them,” the governor said. “Our goal is to jail them.” Enforcing immigration…
On Monday, Princeton City Council changed the event permit process following that town’s inaugural Pride march.
To begin their first full-day of self-imposed exile in Washington, D.C., the Texas House Democrats who fled the state Monday afternoon spoke in front of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday to explain why they felt they had no choice but to skip town to prevent Texas Republicans from forcing through new…
Earlier this month, Texas Republicans pressured a state history museum to cancel a discussion featuring authors of “Forget the Alamo.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doesn’t like critics. In fact, he blocked many of them on Twitter for blasting him over his policies or poking fun at him. But last week, the Republican official caved in and agreed to unblock Twitter users who he’d previously banished from his account, @KenPaxtonTX…
Marvin Scott III, a 26-year-old Black man, died in Collin County Jail this March. The video of his death was recently released.
Overall, the event, which would be capped off with a speech from the former president, seemed like a watered down version of the Q-affiliated For God & Country Patriot Roundup event in Dallas over Memorial Day weekend.
Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives are planning to fly to Washington, D.C. Monday in an attempt to halt the state Legislature from advancing controversial Republican-backed election bills during the ongoing special legislative session, sources close to state Democrats told to NBC News and The New York Times…
On Friday, a McKinney man was sentenced to federal prison after he allegedly used illegal funds to buy jet skis and SUVs.
Exacerbated by the pandemic, continued staffing shortages at DPD caused by non-competitive pay and attrition led to falling performance levels at the 911 call center. And they haven’t gotten much better since.
