Politics & Government

Political experts say it’s getting more difficult for centrists to succeed in Texas elections.

City Council past a bike plan in 2011 that was supposed to be complete this year. Today, only a fraction of the plan is complete.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has always been a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, and now Trump’s seemingly returning the favor yet again: He’s hosting a pricy dinner and photo session for Paxton at Mar-a-Lago next month. On Dec. 9, Trump’s hosting an invite-only fundraiser for Paxton’s reelection…

Frisco real estate broker Jenna Ryan, who was sentenced last week over her role in the Capitol insurrection, said she plans on “doing a lot of yoga” in prison.

Actor Matthew McConaughey, who’s reportedly considering a run for Texas governor, said he’s against coronavirus vaccine mandates for kids.

The Army requires its soldiers to take up running, and despite needing a pacemaker, the 60-year-old retired lieutenant colonel has retained the habit. In the mornings, Allen West gets up by 5:30 and pounds the pavement for 4 miles, sometimes longer. The Republican politician says it’s during these times that…

In September, the Dallas Police Department announced an expansion of its aerial surveillance program before the city’s Public Safety Committee. The police department soon after expanded its eyes in the sky, adding unmanned drones to its helicopter unit. Albert Martinez, the police chief’s executive assistant, assured the committee that DPD’s aerial…

The City Plan Commission denied a concrete batch plant a permit required to operate. The batch plant is appealing this decision before the City Council Wednesday. Residents say they don’t want the plant near their neighborhoods.

Frisco real estate broker Jenna Ryan was sentenced on Thursday in connection to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Next year, City Hall will again take up the issue of banning gas-powered leaf blowers.

If you’ve driven north on Interstate 35 through Dallas in the past few weeks, you’ve probably seen the billboard bearing former President Donald Trump looming over commuters near the Commerce Street exit toward downtown. Hunched over, head bowed, Trump looks solemn on the billboard. “TRUMP LOST” and “NO MORE ‘AUDITS'”…

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson came down with a breakthrough case of COVID-19 along with over 11,000 others in the county.

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert’s office reportedly participated in planning meetings with organizers of the Jan. 6 pro-Trump protests.

Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, announced last week that he’s running for lieutenant governor.

Internal documents obtained by Human Rights Watch paint a grim picture of the situation for asylum seekers and migrants held by U.S. government immigration authorities.

In February, Dallas considered a program to hire panhandlers for different jobs around the city. Across the country, cities are doing something similar, paying the homeless to pick up trash.

Some companies say they’ll keep selling delta-8 THC despite the Texas Department of State Health Services saying the stuff is illegal.

Body camera video showed Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic Brad Cox kick a detained mentally ill man in the face while he sat on the ground. Surveillance footage from a nearby business shows he kicked him several more times before police arrive on the scene.

Democrat Mike Collier has officially announced his campaign for Texas lieutenant governor.

Another concrete batch plant wants to move into West Dallas. A hearing in front of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Oct. 18 could be neighbors only chance of stopping it.

Just past 2 a.m. on Sept. 14, a man wearing a ball cap, glasses and face mask slipped through the back door of Top Dog Gun Range in Krum, around an hour northwest of Dallas, and headed to the display case. Security camera footage shows the man riffling around in…

In the months leading up to the November 2020 presidential elections, Fox News recycled then President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of an electoral conspiracy against him. But on Nov. 7, Fox reversed course, declaring Joe Biden the winner. As Trump and his supporters railed against Fox, the most-watched network in the…