Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas National Guard to deploy 1,000 troops across five cities, including Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin and Houston. The Dallas Police Department, Dallas voters and officials said they don’t see the need for the National Guard at this time.
By 2045, more than 270,000 households in Dallas are expected to experience problems like overcrowding or cost burdens. To prevent this with new affordable housing construction could take a $40 billion housing subsidy, according to the preliminary findings of a study conducted by the consulting firm BAE Urban Economics Inc…
The department said it developed operation plans to address election site security, maintain easier access to polling locations and provide a safe environment for people to exercise their First Amendment rights.
The Fort Worth City Council approved renaming a portion of the street where Atatiana Jefferson was killed in her honor.
Pope Francis said same-sex couples can walk down the aisle as long as it’s to form a civil union. Members and supporters of Dallas’ LGBTQ+ community say the pope’s comments are a step in the right direction.
The Lone Star State hasn’t seen a union newspaper in three decades, but journalists at The Dallas Morning News and Al Día voted heavily in favor of union representation, the National Labor Relations Board said last week. The 84-28 vote for the union is the result of the newsrooms’ yearlong…
The payback bill keeps getting bigger for the pharmaceutical companies some say had a heavy hand in causing the nation’s opioid crisis. Big pharma companies like Johnson & Johnson have been hit by crashing waves of lawsuits in recent years, accused of deceptively encouraging doctors to prescribe narcotics for chronic…
For the second time in two decades, several acres of The Old Fish Hatchery at White Rock Lake were mowed down by local energy provider, this time Oncor, surprising Dallas residents used to exploring this little bit of nature in the Big D. D Magazine broke the story a couple…
The City Plan Commission on Wednesday rejected a zoning request for a 175-acre warehouse project in southern Dallas that nearby residents said would bring more pollution, more traffic congestion and lower property values to an area already overstuffed with warehouses. City staff had recommended approval of the rezoning for Dallas-based…
Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Conor McGregor’s next fight could be at AT&T Stadium, he announced on Twitter Wednesday. The bout, a rematch between McGregor and UFC fighter Dustin Poirier is set for late January. “I accept, Jan 23rd is on!,” McGregor said on Twitter. “My goal is to see this…
Some Dallas Independent School District parents wake up wondering if their children’s buses will show up. If they do, will they be late? Will they drop the kids off at the right location? These are questions Lauren Fazio asks herself as she readies her kids for school in the morning…
If the anonymous tipster were telling the truth, Brianna Baucum is a monster, possibly one with magical powers. Between July 13 and Aug. 28 last year, Baucum killed her 4-year-old daughter Journi at least five times, the tipster told authorities. That doesn’t count the claim that Baucum put her daughter…
Election Day always has the potential to turn hectic. It’s almost incomplete without stories of long lines, hold-ups and technical difficulties. To add to the madness, the world is still trying to get a grip on the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s much more fun to read about thousands of people standing…
The city says scooter companies need to get their act together and abide by new rules if they want to return to Dallas. The companies need to be able to adhere to the hours of operation, come up with a way to verify users’ ages, limit the number of units…
Dallas needs more shelter space for victims seeking refuge from domestic violence. Police need better training, schools should teach more about preventing abuse, and groups that serve victims need money to cover transportation expenses for their clients. Those are some of the findings released Wednesday by a task force Mayor Eric Johnson…
It’s not dé·jà vu. The Texas attorney general is in trouble again. Seven of Ken Paxton’s top aides filed a whistleblower complaint against their boss alleging that he is violating federal and/or state law relating to improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal offenses. The letter said that…
If you live in Travis or Harris counties, thanks to the governor, you might have to venture a lot farther to drop off your mail-in ballots for the upcoming election. By proclamation, Gov. Greg Abbott limited mail-in ballot drop-off locations to just one per county and is allowing parties to…
Every year, Preservation Dallas, an organization focused on preserving and revitalizing historic spaces in the city, publishes a list of local, endangered areas. The historical, nearly a century-old Reverchon Ball Park made it on the list this year because a planned entertainment venue and baseball field threatened to replace it…
The Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park, a gem that has stood in Dallas for about 84 years, is set to close for good because of substantial financial losses brought on by the pandemic. The aquarium opened in 1936 as the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park, making it the first in…
Mike Wilson, the editor of The Dallas Morning News, will be leaving the publication at the end of the year, he announced in a statement to his staff on Tuesday. Wilson has been in charge of the daily’s newsroom for nearly six years, leading his staff through the July 7, 2016,…
Dallas residents walking around the pavilion at White Rock Lake on Monday saw two of the historic stone tables in the picnic area reduced to what looked like a pile of rubble, part of a $650,000 makeover for the park. The stone tables are meant to be restored and renovated, but…
Protesters’ calls to defund the police largely largely went unheard when the City Council approved the 2020-21 budget last week, with the Dallas Police Department set to get $15 million more in the next fiscal year thanks partly to money from state and federal sources. While activists and some City…
