Politics & Government

Tuesday’s massacre at an Uvalde elementary school is one of Texas’ deadliest mass shootings.

Lead exposure can cause health problems for children and adults. That why there’s been an effort to address homes built before 1978 that likely utilized lead-based paint. Years after receiving over $2 million to address this, only 10 homes are in the pipeline for the lead-reduction services.

Residents say they’ve been left out of the city’s plans for new projects to help the homeless.

When a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the government from ending Title 42, a controversial policy that allows the U.S. to expel migrants on public health grounds  because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texan Republicans leapt to celebrate the ruling and rights groups quickly issued condemnations. Judge Robert Summerhays, writing in…

Former City Council member Sandra Crenshaw stepped up to the microphone at Tuesday’s Dallas County Commissioners Court meeting to make what some are calling homophobic and transphobic remarks against her opponent in the runoff election for Texas House District 100. Her opponent, Venton Jones, is an openly gay, openly HIV positive candidate.

FOX News’ Tucker Carlson called Texas U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw “eyepatch McCain,” sparking condemnation from Democrats and some Republicans alike.

The emerald ash borer, a destructive non-native wood-boring pest that seeks out ash trees, has been found in different parts of North Texas over the years. It’s only a matter of time before it’s in Dallas.

An ordinance passed by City Council this week will help Dallas residents fight batch plants trying to set up shop near their communities.

Since he launched Operation Lone Star last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has attracted criticism from rights groups and advocates over the controversial border clampdown. But his latest idea – pressuring the federal government to cut off baby formula to migrant children – is possibly his harshest yet. On Thursday,…

The final redistricting maps threatened to split neighborhoods. There’s less of that in the final map submitted to City Council, but now some say it doesn’t change enough.

In a new ad, Attorney General Ken Paxton slams his Republican primary opponent as a liberal in GOP clothing.

On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council is scheduled to vote on an item that would ban for-profit businesses from selling dogs and cats. First proposed in December, the Dallas Humane Pet Stores Ordinance seeks to stop the puppy mill industry and could get violators slapped with a fine of up…

Residents in Floral Farms want the site of Shingle Mountain to be dedicated to park space in their community. First, it needs a cleanup. That could take until 2024.

This week, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz classified the Jan. 6 insurrections as “peaceful protesters.”

Three North Texas police officers have been indicted after two years of investigation by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and the Dallas Police Department.

Many Texas Republicans believe that white people and Christians face the most discrimination, according to a new poll.

Beto O’Rourke is slamming Gov. Greg Abbott’s trade policies after the Mexican government said it’s rerouting a rail link that would have gone through Texas.

It took nearly twice as long as it should have for Dallas Fire-Rescue to respond to an apartment fire that saw 24 units destroyed and 100 people displaced. City management recommends more training.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star hasn’t gone over well with everyone. Since he launched it last March, the campaign has attracted criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. On Friday, Abbott announced that Texas had approved another $495.3 million for Operation Lone Star and additional “border security operations,” according…

Thousands of complaints poured in last year stemming from noisy aircraft at Dallas Love Field. Now, the city is looking into how it can make things quieter for residents in the area.

This week, the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case of Rodney Reed, a Texas death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence.

Dallas got over 40 proposed maps for the new Council District boundaries. It’s getting ready to choose one.