The Point-In-Time count of unsheltered individuals isn’t even required this year. Some communities have opted out of the count completely because of the dangers posed by the pandemic. For the counties willing to conduct their counts, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is only looking for an answer to one question: Did homelessness increase, decrease or stay the same in the era of COVID-19?
A growing number of the state’s Democrats are calling for an investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
OurCalling has been helping people experiencing homelessness for over a decade.
Food deserts are places where people don’t have access to healthy food options within a five-mile radius of their homes. For years, Dallas has been trying to stomp them out with little success.
Seventeen of the state’s Republican lawmakers objected to the election results, even after it was raided by President Donald Trump’s supporters.
Many Texans are demanding U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s resignation following Wednesday’s violent raid of the U.S. Capitol.
While some Texas Republicans will object to the election results Wednesday, Dallas U.S. Rep. Colin Allred joined a Democrat-led motion to censure President Donald Trump.
Sen. Ted Cruz is leading an effort to challenge the election results, prompting critics to accuse him of sedition and treason.
Amanda Vandergriff, a Highland Hills resident, said she hardly ever shops at Save U More because prices are steep and “the food there is garbage.”
The Texas Capitol will reopen on Jan. 4, despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
Tyle U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has filed a lawsuit against the vice president in an effort to overturn the presidential election.
Some say the Dallas Police Department needs to respond quicker to street racing calls to deal with the recent spike in these activities in Dallas. Mike Mata, Dallas Police Association president, has a simpler solution: Take their cars.
Edgardo “Eddie” Garcia will be leaving the San Jose police department after 28 years of service to take the lead at DPD, a department three times the size. Garcia will be the 30th person to hold the title, as well as DPD first Latino police chief.
Last week, state Rep. Sheryl Cole filed a bill seeking to criminalize indirect harassment.
Shelley Luther lost her state Senate bid, but her husband plans to pen a book about her rise to fame.
In a statement, Lee Merritt, the Botham Jean family attorney, said the lawsuit will give them an opportunity to “once again try and hold the City of Dallas accountable for its failures in training officers on appropriate use of force.”
Candidates for the next police chief said they would work to build more trust with communities, expand programs like RIGHT Care and fight fore more civilianization in the Dallas Police Department.
Texas Democrats have created a new political action committee that seeks to boot Texas’ top cop.
State Senate candidate Shelley Luther attacks her opponent in a new political ad ahead of Saturday’s election.
Houston U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw tries his hand at acting in “Georgia Reloaded,” an ad urging people to vote in that state’s senatorial runoff races.
Council members say there’s not a lot the city can do about legitimate offers from investors to buy people’s homes, regardless of how frequent they are.
Backlogs at the city’s permitting office are putting an extra strain on Dallas developments. Improvements are in the works, but the permitting process is already keeping some businesses out of the Big D.
