Politics & Government

People preach white nationalism because they hate this country and want to tear it down.

In the wake of the recent election, you may want to think about some formal rules to prevent your family from blowing up at Thanksgiving.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who called President-elect Donald Trump a “cancer on conservatism” and a “toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense” during the 2016 GOP primary, made a pilgrimage to Trump Tower in Manhattan Monday to pay his respects and possibly audition for a job. Perry met with Trump for…

The mayor has been talking openly about the possibility of a municipal bankruptcy in Dallas.

Former A.H. Belo CEO Robert Decherd wants to be in charge of a new park downtown, and woe betide the person who gets in his way.

The 2017 Texas Legislative session is already set to feature several high profile battles over abortion access, less than a week after filing for the 85th Legislature began. On the first day of filing, Monday, North Texas Republican state Senator Bob Hall fired the first shot in a battle that…

The general consensus growing in Dallas is that the bus and train system is broken. Routes need reworking. Wait times for buses are too long. Too many resources are being flung on lightly traveled light rail lines in the suburbs. The City Council wants Dallas Area Rapid Transit to focus…

A Trump pick for Secretary of HUD could have significant repercussions on the relationship between Dallas City hall and HUD.

Four Dallas park board members want a bidding process for taking over fair Park put on ice until they get a chance to look at it

For the first time since the end of the last legislative session in May 2015, the Texas Legislature did some official business Monday. Yes, filing has kicked off the 2017 session. While the procedures to pass the bills filed today won’t begin until Jan. 10, 2017, the political process has…

Instead of waking up every day dreaming I have a fatal disease, I am going to concentrate on what’s good — and it’s very good — in my own East Dallas neighborhood.

On their fourth consecutive night on the streets, Dallas’ anti-Trump protesters aimed concrete target for their anger: Dallas’ First Baptist Church. First Baptist’s pastor, Robert Jeffress was square in the middle of Trump’s victory party in New York City on Tuesday night. He earned the spot: He has been the president-elect’s…

So, last week the city of Dallas reached an agreement in its battle with HMK, a company the city accuses of operating as a slumlord. Families that faced imminent eviction in West and South Dallas now need not worry being put out onto the street. They don’t, at least, until…

The Dallas City Council yesterday amended an existing ordnance to ban smoking from public parks. This has been done in other cities, like New York and San Antonio, with little head-scratching. But in Dallas, the council clouded the move with exemptions. Here’s a quick rundown of who can smoke where…

The day after the election of Donald Trump to the White House, the aviation advocacy group Partnership for Open & Fair Skies released a pitch in the form of a statement. “We are optimistic that the Trump administration will stand up to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, enforce our trade…

The real challenge isn’t here yet. The real challenge comes four years form now when we really know what he is.

The unexpected victory of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign inspired politicians and pundits to take to Twitter.   The Texas GOP, which has backed Trump fairly consistently even during his scandal-prone campaign, took a victory lap. Dallas GOP leader Phillip Huffines set the general tone: Primary rival and reluctant supporter  Sen…

In the end, Tuesday night’s election results in North Texas appear to have been affected very little by the night’s national trend. Disaffected white voters throughout the south and Rust Belt banded together in an effort to, as Donald Trump would call it, drain the swamp in Washington. Republicans held…

A little over a week ago, Dallas’ animal services department began publishing daily report cards of the actual, concrete work it does each day in the field. In the wake of its reorganization following the South Dallas mauling death of Antoinette Brown, the agency is increasing efforts to be transparent…

Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced plans for the more than 500 election monitors it plans to send to 67 counties in 28 states to ensure that voters in those jurisdictions will be able to exercise their right to vote. Monitors will post up in three Texas counties: Dallas,…

By the time polls closed at 7 p.m. Friday night, 514,330 Dallas County residents had cast their ballots early, setting a new record for the county. The previous record for votes cast before election day was 477,228, set in 2008. In 2012, almost 99,000 fewer Dallas County voters cast their…

Last week’s announcement of a $50 million gift to design and build a park along the Trinity River was scary, mainly because it’s possible to do so much damage with that much money. Word of people walking around with that much money in their pockets always puts me in mind…