The Dallas Police usually blocks Deep Ellum streets during the summer to deal with increased traffic. This year, the barricades are going up even earlier as the city sees a spate of incidents turn violent.
Generally, eviction levels shoot up around January and dip by spring time. That isn’t happening this year, with over 7,800 evictions filed in North Texas last month.
A new real estate project to be funded by the city could provide housing for LGBTQIA+ youths. It’s a project homeless advocates say Dallas has needed for years.
President Joe Biden’s administration ended a Trump-era health code that saw migrants denied entry into the U.S. Gov. Greg Abbott clapped back with increased inspections at the border that even Republicans said was turning the “border crisis” into a catastrophe.
There are over 375 dogs at the Dallas Animal Services shelter. They need help clearing space for medium and large dogs so pets don’t have to be euthanized.
Sky & Hobbs Organics had a line at the door of people looking to buy its hemp. Then, the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office busted in, said Sky & Hobbs was selling weed and shut the place down. Their business in shambles, one of the owners now fights a felony charge for marijuana possession.
Kealon Gilmore, 26, was shot at a non-permitted party in southeast Oak Cliff. Now, his family is looking for justice.
Since January, sexually oriented businesses in Dallas have been waiting to see if a judge will uphold a new ordinance in the city that would see them closed during four of their most profitable hours.
One in three U.S. children don’t get enough sleep. The numbers aren’t as bad in Dallas, but they could be better.
A party and concert turned fatal over the weekend. Now, the city is considering new rules for promoters.
In March, Texas wildfires consumed over 160,000 acres of Lone Star land and things are just starting to heat up.
A new federal bill could overly restrict hemp farmers. A new national hemp assocation is looking to change that.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a federal cannabis legalization bill last week, but it’s chances in the Senate seem slim.
In a seven-year period, road rage incidents accounted for 15% of murders in the city of Dallas. With these incidents on the rise, local police have formed a task force intended to tap the brakes.
On Wednesday, the highest appeals court in the state upheld Amber Guyger’s conviction and sentencing for killing Botham Jean in 2018.
Dallas needs more affordable housing. Its leaders can’t always agree on how to make that happen.
Some say Dallas could catch up on infrastructure by building on Sundays. Others say it’s the Lord’s day and that shouldn’t change.
There are two federal cannabis legalization bills in the works. One of them is the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act and it could get a vote in the House of Representatives this week.
Most people in Texas can expect to see rate increases on their flood insurance policies.
Texas Card House had its certificate of occupancy taken from the city after operating for about two years. The city just had to give it back.
The federal THC cap on hemp is often regarded as too low and there’s not enough regulation in the CBD industry. Non-binding provisions in President Joe Biden’s recently signed spending bill hope to address these issues.
The city is trying to close sexually oriented businesses (SOB) from 2 a.m.-6 a.m. Now, Xposed Adult Theater and Megastore could have its SOB license taken away because the Dallas Police Department claims drugs were being used or dealt on the premises.
