Politics & Government

If Dallas says your business is causing public safety issues, it may protest your license to sell alcohol.

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni spent much of her political life on the farthest fringe of the radical right. Although she now insists fascism is a thing of the past, in the early 1990s she joined the Youth Front of the Italian Social Movement, a party founded by a former chief of…

A mound of mulch stirred up some controversy in Dallas Cochran Park.

U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican representing Texas’ 10th congressional district, went on Fox Friday to claim that abortion isn’t an issue most voters care about. When Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo asked McCaul about the importance of the abortion debate ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, he gave a…

So many Dallas Fire-Rescue vehicles are out of service that the city has turned to temporarily renting trucks for the department.

Oak Cliff Community Investment Fund has plans for a 63-acre Southern Dallas community with affordable housing, green space, grocery stores, and more

Gov. Greg Abbott has sent another busload of migrants north, this time to the Naval Observatory in D.C.

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…

The Dallas Police Department says it’s violent crime reduction plan has decreased “violent street crime” by 12% in the last year.

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.

It’s the latest drag brunch targeted by conservatives and right-wing groups in Texas.

Audit finds shortcomings in how Dallas investigates aggressive and dangerous dogs.

Texas Democrats announced that they will make a month-long media tour around Texas to explain what they have done so far during Biden Administration and what they can do if they gain seats in midterm.

Beto O’Rourke came to Denton again in one of the last stops on the Drive for Texas tour.

Dallas’ encampment sweeps have gotten more tense in recent months, with some activists showing up in protest with rifles. The city has a plan to deal with the armed encounters.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has some Bitcoin and says he’s excited about the future of cryptocurrency.

Earlier this month, conservatives from around the country flocked to Texas to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) second annual gathering in Dallas. There, they heard former President Donald Trump describe himself as “the most persecuted person” in the country’s history, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz recycle old jokes and…

Recently, former South Park and Mad TV writer and actor Toby Morton has been in the business of making fun of Republican politicians through several websites seemingly associated with their campaigns. Governorgregabbott.com is one that keeps him the busiest.

Ahead of elections in November, groups like Texas Organization Project have been advocating for a polling station at the Dallas County Jail. But Sheriff Marian Brown says the jail already has a system in place for inmates to vote that works.

Texas’ abortion trigger ban took effect on Thursday, but the fight for reproductive rights is far from over.

Just a couple of months ago, City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s job was on the line. This week, he got a 3% raise.

Homeless providers have been using hotels to address overflow at local shelters. Now, the city might throw in some of its money to help pay for the hotel bills.