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Texas Considers Laws to Regulate Kratom, Drive Away 'Charlatans'

Texas Considers Laws to Regulate Kratom, Drive Away 'Charlatans'

State Suggested One-Year Suspension for Former Dallas Fire-Rescue Paramedic

State Suggested One-Year Suspension for Former Dallas Fire-Rescue Paramedic

Deja Vu for Denton Voters After Pot Decriminalization Goes Up in Smoke

By Simone Carter
Mar 15, 2023

For the second time in less than a decade, the will of the people in Denton is being denied.
Ken Paxton Joins Other State AGs in a Battle Against the Abortion Pill and the FDA

By Kelly Dearmore
Feb 8, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has placed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains directly in his crosshairs. In a Feb. 3 announcement, Paxton stated he had joined a multi-state effort designed to slow the prescribing of mifepristone “after the FDA made radical...
FDA Says New Regulations Needed To Protect Consumers From CBD

By Jacob Vaughn
Feb 3, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it doesn't have the tools it needs to regulate CBD. Some hemp industry groups beg to differ.
Denton-Based Telehealth Company Charging, Not Helping, Patients, BBB Warns

By Jacob Vaughn
Jan 9, 2023

The Better Business Bureau is telling people to avoid a Denton-based telehealth company called Doctor Alexa that is allegedly taking customer money but not providing the services they paid for.
Moment of Silence Planned for Nurse, Social Worker Killed in Methodist Dallas Medical Center Shooting

By Jacob Vaughn
Oct 26, 2022

Police are still investigating the killing of 45-year-old Jaqueline Pokuaa, a nurse, and a 63-year-old social worker named Katie Flowers at Methodist Dallas Medical Center this weekend.
Man on the Run: AG Ken Paxton Fled When Served Subpoena in Abortion Lawsuit

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 28, 2022

A process server claimed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran from him as he tried to serve subpoenas from a federal lawsuit.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tells Texans and Others to Go to the Golden State for Abortions

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 16, 2022

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says in new, multi-state billboards that people faced with abortion bans can go to his state to get the procedure legally.
In the Late 1980s, the Gay Urban Truth Squad Took Dallas to Task Over the AIDS Crisis

By Simone Carter
Jun 21, 2022

The staccato thud of hammers broke the predawn stillness one morning in 1988. Activists dotted the vacant lot. They carried some 700 hand-painted white crosses bearing the names of Dallas County residents who’d succumbed to AIDS. Members of the Gay Urban Truth Squad (GUTS), a Dallas activist group, drove the...
In North Texas, Elite Healthcare Owner Sent to Prison Over Insurance Fraud and Kickbacks

By Patrick Strickland
Apr 14, 2022

Another day, another healthcare grifter bites the dust. On Tuesday, a North Texas healthcare company owner was sentenced to prison over fraud charges, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice in North Texas. U.S. Senior District Judge Terry Means handed down two years to Steven...
City of Dallas Employees Can Now Receive Mental Health Leave

By Jacob Vaughn
Mar 10, 2022

Before, only licensed peace officers could take mental health leave after they experienced a traumatic incident on the job. Now, that will be opened up to more than 8,000 city employees.
Mark Cuban Launches Online Pharmacy to Provide Cheaper Medicine

By Jacob Vaughn
Jan 20, 2022

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company is starting off the new year by providing 100 different generic drugs for a huge savings.
The Kids Are Getting COVID

By Jacob Vaughn
Jan 3, 2022

Pediatric COVID-19 cases and and subsequent hospitalizations are surging across the country.
‘Very Concerned’: Dallas County Raises COVID-19 Risk Level to Red

By Jacob Vaughn
Dec 30, 2021

As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, Dallas County is urging residents to do what they can to slow the spread of the virus.
No, You Won't Get 'Vaccine AIDS' If You Have Sex With the Vaccinated

By Jacob Vaughn
Dec 29, 2021

People are claiming the COVID-19 vaccines are causing a syndrome similar to AIDS. This isn't true.
Dallas Fire Fighters Association President Stands by Paramedic Who Kicked Man in Face

By Jacob Vaughn
Dec 10, 2021

Jim McDade, the president of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association, maintains that the paramedic who kicked a mentally ill man repeatedly in 2019 was just defending himself.
Frisco Doctors Sent to Prison for Medicare Fraud Involving Dishing Out Drugs 'Like Candy'

By Jacob Vaughn
Dec 9, 2021

Two doctors involved in a Texas-based healthcare fraud scheme were sentenced to over two decades in federal prison and ordered to pay tens-of-millions of dollars in restitution.
Military Veterans Could Help Decide the Future of THC in Texas

By Jacob Vaughn
Nov 17, 2021

Texas is in a legal battle with companies over a THC market that has exploded in the last year or so following enactment of federal and state laws that legalized hemp. In the middle of it all are military veterans who are seeking relief from physical and emotional pain and rely upon cannabis to deliver it.
Video Shows Moment Dallas Fire-Rescue Employee Kicks Man in the Face

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 22, 2021

Filed in late July, Kyle Vess is suing Dallas Fire-Rescue employee Brad Cox for detaining him and using excessive force.
Parents Sue Allen ISD over 'Failure' to Protect Children with COVID Safety Measures

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 10, 2021

The lawsuit said the school board has a responsibility to assure students’ right to life and that it’s not living up to this.
Is the ‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’ Hitting Dallas County?

By Patrick Strickland
Jul 20, 2021

When the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Dallas County hit 300 and suspected cases tacked on another 106 on Monday, it marked a sad milestone: