Politics & Government

Maybe you think this falls under the heading of “lots of luck,” but I wish the first thing the Dallas City Council would do, after we achieve regime change, is a forensic audit of the money spent on the Trinity River project, including the missing sailboat lakes and that stupid…

? 01:08 Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings was in Houston Friday morning when, about 40 miles away in Santa Fe, another person with a gun opened fire on another school, killing at least 10 as of Friday afternoon. Rawlings said in a tweet Friday that officials should spare Texans their thoughts…

More than 300 people lined the sidewalk of Dealey Plaza on Dec. 9. Honking car horns and chants from the crowd filled the air as protesters wielded Palestinian flags and signs that read, “Hands off Jerusalem.” The Rally for Jerusalem, Capital of Palestine was organized by the Dallas Palestine Coalition,…

Deep Ellum and downtown Dallas meet right around 2200 Main St., where a nightclub called Purgatory used to sit. It was a great concept — three floors with different designs, one heaven, one purgatory and the other hell — that quickly went wrong, and the club served as a touch…

It’s unfair for me to spend time here tearing into the city’s old rich white elite and never say anything about other people’s elites. Everybody’s got one. It’s hard to generalize about the city’s Hispanic leadership because they’re very diverse politically, and frankly, I really don’t see them doing much…

In the shade of towering trees on a warm April afternoon, the tiny Joppa community in southern Dallas seems like a sleepy country town. Thick greenery surrounds the small homes in quiet despite the buzz of traffic on Interstate 45 and Loop 12 a mile away. About 500 people live…

Last week, we learned that the Margaret McDermott suspension bridge over the Trinity River in downtown Dallas, designed by Santiago Calatrava and supposedly completed two long years ago, still can’t be opened to foot and bicycle traffic because engineers won’t certify its safety. We really need to pause and think…

This spring, as workers’ rights advocates began their push for mandatory paid sick leave for every worker employed in Dallas, one of the biggest questions that bubbled to the surface is just how many people in the city need paid sick leave. New data from the nonpartisan Institute for Women’s Policy…

Two days after lamenting middle-class residents’ flight from Dallas, the City Council did something about it. By a 15-0 vote, the council passed Dallas’ first comprehensive housing policy, which it hopes will bring 20,000 new homes to 13 of the city’s 14 council districts. Through zoning and financing initiatives, the…

Interesting item in my email titled “Do you want to run the Dallas Convention Center?” My first thought: “No.” Second thought: “Thanks for asking.” Third thought: “Wait. How much do I get?” A thoughtful reader forwarded the document to me from the city of Dallas procurement page. It’s a 25-page…

Euless lawyer Salman Bhojani did it. After a losing run for City Council two years ago, he scored an apparent victory Saturday night, finishing 37 votes ahead of Molly Maddux when all the ballots were counted. While he still faces a potential recount — Maddux has not conceded, talked to…

Dallas County District Judge Eric Moyé added insult to injury late Monday for the county’s Republican Party. Having already dismissed the Dallas County GOP’s attempt to keep dozens of Democrats off the November ballot, Moyé ordered the party to pay more than $50,000 in attorneys’ fees to Democrats and their lawyers. Moyé…

According to a new memo from the Dallas city manager’s office, the Margaret McDermott Bridge — in flux since two cables detached from its anchoring system in 2016 — still doesn’t have an opening date. Testing continues, the city says, as it awaits the first batch of results from third-party…

Repeatedly Saturday morning, Wayne LaPierre warned that the media was going to misrepresent the speech he was giving at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting. The writers sprinkled throughout the Dallas Convention Center ballroom in which he spoke to NRA members had already made up their minds, he said, to…

Friday’s weather wasn’t generous to the groups counter-programming the National Rifle Association’s annual Meeting at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center. Rain fell throughout the day, drenching anyone spending too much time at City Hall Plaza, but that didn’t stop a committed group of about 30 from rallying with Texas…

Those expecting President Donald Trump to make news during his speech Friday afternoon at the NRA’s annual convention came away disappointed. Trump didn’t unveil any new policies, aside from a sarcastic comment that banning guns makes as much sense as banning vans or trucks. He didn’t say the name Stormy…

Turns out, Texas Governor Greg Abbott was right to think something fishy was going on when the federal government announced a series of U.S. military training exercises known as Jade Helm 2015 three springs ago. He just could not have been more wrong about what it was. Speaking on an…

When the National Rifle Association’s convention kicks off Friday, its leaders, supporters and President Donald Trump won’t be the only people at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center talking about guns. The gun lobby group’s annual gathering will find protesters and marchers in Dallas from national groups such as #NoRA…

The National Rifle Association’s annual convention is in Dallas this weekend. For gun-rights advocates, it’s Mardi Gras. More than 800 exhibitors displaying acres and acres of gear, gun accessories and literature. An air-soft range. Seminars on the “guns of Vietnam” and the “survival mindset.” It’s got everything for protesters, too…

Until last week, Salman Bhojani was just running for Euless City Council. The Euless attorney, who became a U.S. citizen in 2006 before putting himself through law school at SMU, thought his suburb’s council could use a little more diversity, and decided to do something about. Then state Rep. Jonathan…