On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council is scheduled to vote on an item that would ban for-profit businesses from selling dogs and cats. First proposed in December, the Dallas Humane Pet Stores Ordinance seeks to stop the puppy mill industry and could get violators slapped with a fine of up…
Late on Monday, Politico revealed that the U.S. Supreme Court had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade ˆ the 1973 decision that ensures the right to an abortion – in a draft decision written by Justice Samuel Alito in February. The court’s decision will not be official until it is…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star hasn’t gone over well with everyone. Since he launched it last March, the campaign has attracted criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. On Friday, Abbott announced that Texas had approved another $495.3 million for Operation Lone Star and additional “border security operations,” according…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a vision for the state, and toward that end, he sure does have a lot of ideas. He’s tried to get Texas declared a so-called Second Amendment sanctuary state. He’s started building his own border wall as part of theatric campaign to clamp down on…
Everything is extremer in Texas, and that’s also true when it comes to those running for office this year, according to a new report. Released on Tuesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an Alabama-based hate monitor, the report says Texas has five extremist-linked candidates running in upcoming elections, leaving…
Texas conspiracy theorist and InfoWars founder Alex Jones just keeps landing in hot water. In December, he got bad press after saying he refused to answer questions from the Congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Now, three of his companies, including the far-right InfoWars, have filed for bankruptcy,…
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…
A federal grand jury in East Texas has returned a 15-count indictment against seven alleged MS-13 members accused of carrying out a double murder in a penitentiary in late January, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The seven men allegedly planned and committed an attack on members of the…
Republican border hysteria incites anti-immigrant vigilantes to take up arms.
The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is considered one of the largest and most violent prison gangs in the country.
In recent years, many community members in Dallas, Fort Worth and elsewhere have made sure far-right groups didn’t feel welcome. For instance, white nationalist stickers and flyers were defaced around North Texas, counter-protesters outnumbered neo-Nazis in Fort Worth last April, and in one case, townspeople basically ran them out of…
At first glance, Sneaky Pete’s wouldn’t strike you as the kind of place where someone vying for your vote would pitch their political campaign. On the shore of Lewisville Lake, it’s a spot where people can grab a cold beer and a greasy burger after a long day on the water…
First, the feds say, a concerned citizen gave away Patricia Maldonado’s identity. Then, Patricia Maldonado’s Facebook photos gave away Patricia Maldonado.
With Winter Storm Landon nearly upon Texas, hundreds of flights are being canceled in Dallas-Fort Worth, schools are shutting down, and some hospitals are announcing closures. Temperatures are expected to plummet Wednesday evening. The storm, which is expected to bring snow and ice, likely won’t last as long as last…
Five voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit in a U.S. district court asking for Texas’ Secretary of State to release documents about a state program they claim “threatens to remove naturalized citizens from the voter rolls.” The groups include the Campaign Legal Center, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation…
This week’s winter storm is expected to last some 48 hours.
Hundreds of conservative politicians and rallygoers are gathering this weekend on the Texas-Mexico. Concerned by “credible threats,” the National Butterfly Center closed on Friday and will stay that way through Sunday. The National Butterfly Center, a private nature reserve that spans 100 acres in the Rio Grande Valley, is one…
The way the feds tell it, it was a big haul. On top of arresting 20 alleged drug dealers that belong to a gang called the Hamilton Park Posse, law enforcement confiscated dozens of guns, hundreds of dollars’ worth of assets and 220 pounds of cocaine, fentanyl-laced pills, meth and…
Henry “Michael” Williams had already been convicted of a felony and wasn’t even supposed to have a gun himself, federal authorities say, but that didn’t stop him from selling a handgun to a man he recalled only as someone with a “British accent.” The man with the accent was Malik…
Elmer Stewart Rhodes, 56, founded the Oath Keepers in 2009. Now, he’s facing the prospect of two decades in prison over his alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed another lawsuit against Google. On Wednesday, Paxton’s office announced the suit against Google LLC, whom the state’s attorney general accuses of “engaging in false and misleading practices” that violate Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices – Consumer Protection Act. As part of the lawsuit, Paxton’s…
Imagine: You go to a high school basketball game to watch your kid, and then students from one of the schools, dressed in banana and watermelon costumes, start making monkey-like noises at the Black players on the court. That’s exactly what some parents on social media have accused Bowie High…
