Politics & Government

Warmer weather is supposed to make things better in the coming days, but local attorney Mark Melton thinks there will still be plenty who need help after.

ERCOT initially said that people should expect rolling power outages through Monday and possibly Tuesday, but many Texans are still without electricity.

OurCalling says more than 300 unhoused people have already made it to the convention center, while more are expected to come.

Former aides of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton say he helped a political donor in exchange for a home renovation and a job for his mistress.

Black people make up a quarter of the city’s population, but account for nearly half of all arrests in Dallas.

The vote passed 10-5, leaving it up to Dallas voters to decide whether non-citizens will be able to serve on boards and commissions.

Texas Republicans are pushing legislation they say will prevent the state’s conservatives from being banned on social media.

Political groups are amplifying calls for Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Louie Gohmert to resign.

The new Dallas Police Chief, Edgardo “Eddie” Garcia said the city needs its officers to get violent crime under control and that’s what they’d rather be doing anyway.

OurCalling’s facility at 1702 Caesar Chavez Blvd. is the main site administering the tests to Dallas’ homeless individuals seeking shelter. Tests are being administered Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-noon.

Nicholas DeCarlo is one of at least 10 North Texans facing federal charges for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

The 2020 census has thrown a wrench in the state’s redistricting process.

Brian Babin responded harshly to calls for fellow Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to be stripped of her committee assignments.

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke is considering running against Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022.

Opponents, including the police department, city officials and residents, say the sideshows are a dangerous nuisance and want them to end.

Wayne Walker, OurCalling’s executive director and pastor, says he’s completely against panhandling. He meets many people who are destroying their lives with the money they get passed out of car windows.

Camp Rhonda is named after one of its first residents. Johnny Aguinaga, the property owner, says Rhonda was the glue that held the camp’s community together. She died earlier this year. Rhonda is one of two camps. The other is called Camp Joy and it’s on another one of Aguinaga’s properties. Aguinaga said he thinks what he is doing at Camp Rhonda and Camp Joy should be legitimately considered as a solution to homelessness.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is pushing for a constitutional amendment limiting congressional term limits.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration over its 100-day deportation moratorium.

The meeting was called through a memo from council members Chad West, Paula Blackmon and Adam Bazaldua and comes after a week of back-and-forth bickering between the members and the mayor.

When it came to barriers to exiting homelessness, people said they find it hard to find a job that pays a housing wage, there’s a lack of quality affordable housing, their criminal history keeps them out of housing and it’s difficult navigating the system to get public assistance.

As Texas Democrats shed old leadership, the state’s Republicans are holding onto baseless claims of widespread election fraud.