Lowlights From Plain View Project’s DPD Exposé

Early last week, the Plain View Project, a database put together by a group of Philadelphia lawyers, went live, publishing Facebook posts that the group believed “could undermine public trust and confidence in police” from more than 3,500 police officers. Among the posts are dozens from Dallas police officers that, to…

Dallas Chief Renee Hall May Be on the Verge of Getting Canned

The brand-new mayor elected Saturday is in for a tough initiation. During the campaign, Eric Johnson, a lawyer, gave the legally correct answer to questions about loose dogs and other knotty day-to-day problems: not the mayor’s job. And he’s right, legally and on paper. The day-to-day operation of city government…

Strong Wind Topples Crane in Downtown Dallas

A powerful thunderstorm toppled a crane Sunday afternoon in downtown Dallas, authorities reported. Dallas Fire and Rescue reported the incident was near 2600 Live Oak St., where the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs’ Latino Cultural Center is located. NBC DFW reported that at least two people were injured.

Dallas Progressives Have Their Dark Night of the Soul

The lights went out twice on Dallas progressives Saturday night. First figuratively, when state Rep. Eric Johnson took a lead he wouldn’t come close to relinquishing in the city’s mayoral race, and then again a half hour or so later, when the power and Dallas City Council member Scott Griggs’…

Brenda Delgado Gets Life Without Parole for Dallas Dentist Murder

A Dallas County took less than an hour Friday morning to convict Brenda Delgado of Dallas dentist Kendra Hatcher’s 2015 murder. Delgado will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. According to prosecutors, Delgado paid Kristopher Love and Crystal Cortes to kill Hatcher because…

Let’s Set Some Lines for Dallas’ Runoff Elections

Saturday night, mercifully if you ask us, Dallas’ 2019 municipal election is finally going to be over. The recordings, petty fighting and near-meltdowns that have characterized the last 10 days or so of the campaign will have finally run their course, and Dallas can get back to its most pressing…

New Poll Gives Democrats a Lot to Be Excited About in Texas

For the moment, at least, Texas sure does look a lot like a purple state. According to a poll from Quinnipiac University released Wednesday, President Donald Trump would have a significant fight on his hands with many of the top challengers for the Democratic nomination. Digging into the poll, the…

Let’s Get to Know the Rangers’ Top 5 Draft Picks of 2019

Unlike the last couple of seasons, Monday’s Major League Baseball draft hit with the Texas Rangers still playing meaningful games. Headed into their Tuesday night series opener with the league-worst Baltimore Orioles, your hometown heroes are 30-27 and would make the playoffs as the American League’s second wild-card qualifier if…

Secret Party Tape: Why Ray Hunt Fears Scott Griggs, Loves Eric Johnson

Last week a few readers posed a fair challenge to a Dallas Observer story by Stephen Young. The story confirmed that mayoral candidate Eric Johnson was anointed by a wealthy Dallas oilman looking for somebody to stop four-term City Council member Scott Griggs from getting elected mayor. The challenge posed…

Emails Show Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pushed for Attempted Voter Purge

Turns out there may have been a third Texas official who had more than a little to do with the state’s recently failed attempt to purge about 100,000 people from its voter rolls. According to emails made public Tuesday and first brought to light by San Antonio Express-News reporter Guillermo Contreras,…

As Early Voting Winds Down, Here’s What We Know About Dallas’ Runoffs

For the literally hundreds of Dallas voters who are tuned in to the city’s municipal politics, Saturday’s mayoral and City Council runoffs have turned into entertaining scraps over the last week or so. There have been secret tapes, accusations of illegal electioneering and more Facebook fights than one could count. Scott…

Second Trans Woman Killed in Dallas in Less Than a Month

A woman whose body was found Saturday evening at White Rock Lake is the second black transgender woman to be killed in Dallas in less than a month, police said. Officers found Chynal Lindsey, 26, at 5:32 p.m. Saturday at 4100 W. Lawther Drive, Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall said…

Beto O’Rourke’s Presidential Campaign Is Stalled in First Gear

Beto O’Rourke is starting to look a lot like a presidential also-ran. The former U.S. representative from El Paso, the darling of Texas liberals and national political media during his ultimately unsuccessful bid to take down Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018, has been relegated to the chasing pack for…

Texas Lawmakers Approved Money for Full-Day Pre-K. What Now?

With state funding in place, school districts across Texas are now looking at the prospect of expanding their half-day prekindergarten programs to full-day. Dallas ISD made the same change about five years ago. The district offers an example both of what other districts should keep in mind when they expand…

Dallas ISD Unveils Teacher Raise Proposal

Dallas school officials offered the first glimpse Thursday of a plan to offer raises to teachers in the district. At a budget workshop, officials proposed spending $30.1 million on salary increases for certain teachers and raising the salary for new hires. The proposal calls for increasing the number of distinguished…