Politics & Government

In September 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law SB 1, legislation that rights groups say has curtailed voters’ access to the ballot box.

Sen. Ted Cruz got a not-so-warm welcome at Sunday’s baseball game between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees.

It all started as it so often does in Texas – with a half-truth. Conservative media figure Sara Gonzales, who works for right-wing BlazeTV, shared a clip of a drag performance that took place at a Plano bar. Gonzales claimed that it had been billed as an “all ages” drag…

A shift from in-person to online work at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the start of a problem Dallas is still dealing with today – long waits for building permits. To some, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.

The headline was startling. On Tuesday, the New York Post ran a front-page print story titled “Tex Mess,” claiming that President Joe Biden’s administration had strong-armed El Paso officials into not declaring a “state of emergency” over migrant arrivals. The story, which cited an anonymous official, quickly spread among Texas…

Dallas County is reliably blue. Everybody who follows politics knows that, right? Democrats hold all but one seat on the Commissioners Court, with J.J Koch the only Republican. Justices of the Peace Al Cercone and Steve Seider and Constable Ben Adamcik are the only other Republicans serving in elected office…

The City Council has seen its fair share of disruptors at meetings over the last year. Now, it’s looking into new ways to deal with them.

When outgoing Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley appeared on WFAA’s interview program “Y’all-itics” last month, he made an endorsement some found surprising. The longtime Republican said he wouldn’t support Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s reelection campaign. Instead, Whitley threw his weight behind Mike Collier, the Democratic candidate hoping to unseat Patrick…

The city of Dallas is working on a permanent ordinance that would offer protections to tenants facing eviction.

Dallas wants more ways to deal with what it calls “nuisance properties.” It could get them by the end of this month.

In an effort to tackle panhandlers, the city may make it illegal to stand on medians 6 feet wide or smaller.

On Wednesday, City Council finished a six-year long process of approving new zoning for the Elm Thicket-Northpark neighborhood. Some say the changes, restrictions on height and lot coverage of new homes, will help preserve the history of the neighborhood.

Up for re-election, a report by the far-right politics website Current Revolt claims Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins wore blackface when he and two others criminally trespassed on several properties in 1983.

Today, the Dallas City Council will vote on zoning changes that some say will help preserve the historically Black Elm Thicket-Northpark neighborhood.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ought to know how the law works. He’s the state’s top cop, has faced an indictment or two of his own and recently had his latest run-in with a service processor, from whom he reportedly fled. But on Monday, he bought a series of billboards…

Operation Lone Star has run up a $4 billion tab, but it’s also racking up quite the corpus of criticism.

Scooters got booted from Dallas in 2020. Their return could be delayed until 2023.

With religious jingoism on the rise, progressive faith leaders must navigate money, politics and the occasional “underground work” to support their flock

With rents up, some tenants are worried about ending up on the streets.

Oncor, the state’s largest energy delivery company, is set to increase its rates. But, it’ll have to get through the city of Dallas first.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and his Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, faced off in their first – and likely only – gubernatorial debate on Friday night. The televised debate took place at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg. Ahead of the event, news broke that Abbott’s campaign had…

College Park may be renamed to Fahim J. Minkah Community Park if these activists get their way.