Politics & Government

Many states are responding to Texas’ new anti-abortion law.

Violence struck Deep Ellum last weekend and now the Dallas Police Department wants to been up security in the neighborhood. Some worry what that means for business owners and patrons.

The council will meet regularly to talk about ways to increase tolerance in Dallas. It will also work with the police department to find ways to better respond and prevent hate crimes.

Chicago is attempting to coax businesses to flee Texas over the state’s social policies.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a joint letter to the Texas Association of Counties, the Texas Municipal League and cities across the state, reminding them all that the ban must be enforced.

A few weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, Dr. Robert Jensen, then a professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, decided to bring the campus’ conservative and liberal factions together. “I got tired of all the right-wing events and all the left-wing events, with the…

The Satanic Temple is challenging Texas’ newest abortion law.

This time called the For God & Country Patriot Double Down, the logo for the event includes the seven and queen of hearts cards, a reference to Q, the 17th letter in the alphabet.

Two days after a Black principal was placed on leave in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, a law banning critical race theory in Texas schools took effect.

A new law allowing Texans to carry handguns without a permit takes effect on Wednesday.

The Texas Legislature is back in session, but some Democrats are remaining in Washington D.C.

City Council member Paul Ridley thinks there are better people for his boards and commissions than his incumbent’s appointees.

When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was running for reelection in 2018, Austin-based real estate developer Nate Paul contributed $25,000 to his campaign. Around a year later, he helped Paxton remodel his house, and hired a woman with whom Paxton allegedly had an extramarital affair as a project manager at…

In 2019, Texas State Troopers shot and killed Shandra Hodge’s son. Now, she’s filing suit against the Texas Department of Public Safety and the city of Dallas.

Texas state Rep. Joan Huffman’s bail bill is facing scrutiny from members of her own party. In a hearing held Saturday at the state capitol in Austin, Huffman’s bill weathered a string of tough questions from fellow Republican and bail reform advocates alike. If passed, Senate Bill 6 will restrict access…

Over the past decade, the Lone Star State grew more urban and less white.

Brad Cox, a Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic, kicked Kyle Vess in the face while in police custody in 2019, according to a lawsuit filed by Vess in late July.

The owner and managers allegedly chose certain dealers over others to operate in the clubs.

Dallas has used its nuisance abatement ordinance against 13 properties since it passed in 2017, according to the Dallas Police Department.

After George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin last year, police departments across the U.S. scrambled to implement reforms: moves to hold police accountable, programs to sharpen incoming officers’ training and rules barring restraints like chokeholds, for instance. Dallas joined the wave only 10 days after Floyd’s murder…

The data loss included evidence and other case files (photos, videos, audio, and case notes) the DA’s office uses to prosecute and criminal defense attorneys use to defend their clients.

Some Democratic state legislators in Washington, D.C., condemned their colleagues for returning to the Texas Capitol.