Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington has resigned from the club to deal with an undisclosed personal matter, effective immediately. Bench coach Tim Bogar has been appointed interim manager for the rest of the season. The team has scheduled a press conference for 3:30 at which co-chairmen Ray Davis and Bob…
If an agreement between the NFL Players Association and the league can be reached before the league’s first full slate of games on Sunday, the NFL’s drug testing policy could be amended to lessen penalties for recreational drugs, as well as include blood-testing for Human Growth Hormone. And that’s good…
City Council member Dwaine Caraway might be having a bit of trouble abiding by his own “Pull Your Pants Up” initiative after losing 15 pounds since the start of his Councilman Caraway Wellness Challenge three weeks ago. Caraway checked in at 300 pounds at the press conference announcing the challenge,…
A study published earlier this month in the Journal of Transport and Health features some data that you might find disturbing if you enjoy many of the trappings of suburbia. According to two engineers from the University of Connecticut and Colorado University, obesity — and related conditions like diabetes and…
It’s a nice clinic, it really is. With more space and amenities, it’s a credit to the private donors who payed for it and continue to fuel Planned Parenthood’s response to the Texas Legislature’s crackdown on abortion. It’s just unnecessary. The large janitor’s closet, the backup generator, the locker rooms,…
Tuesday night, in the packed chambers of the Dallas City Council, the public had its biggest say yet in the ongoing struggle to develop new regulations for car and taxi services in Dallas. Many in the crowd wore pink shirts in support of Lyft and one group brought along one…
Mike Cantrell, it seems, got what he wanted again. He’s never going to succeed in getting the County Commissioners Court to appoint an outside attorney to investigate District Attorney Craig Watkins’ use of forfeiture funds in an out-of-court settlement stemming from a February 2013 Dallas North Tollway accident for which…
I’m sitting next to a well-dressed home-schooled high schooler from just outside of Lafayette, Louisiana, watching failed Senate candidate and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina talking about the dignity of jobs that don’t pay a living wage. Why Fiorina is speaking at Defending the American Dream isn’t really clear. She…
The irony that Americans For Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream summit is being held in a hotel paid for with taxpayer funds can be a little overwhelming. Everyone you talk to opposes regulation and taxes with a religious fervor while at the same time praising the setting and the glory…
Friday and Saturday, the Omni Dallas hosts Americans for Prosperity’s “Defending the American Dream” conference. Featured speakers include Governor Rick Perry, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Jeb Hensarling and Indiana governor Mike Pence. We sent two of our reporters to get the full experience. This is one of their dispatches: Unlike…
Midlothian ISD Superintendent Jerome Stewart said Thursday that two overtly Christian plaques attached to elementary schools would remain uncovered for the time being. The plaques, which have adorned the schools for 17 without complaint, are the subject of a June 30 letter to the district from the Freedom from Religion…
Former Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton’s relapse, the one in January 2012 in which he allegedly got drunk at the Sherlock’s near Park Lane and U.S. 75 and had sex with a woman in a bathroom stall, has received a proper memorial. The handicap accessible stall in the bar’s back bathroom,…
On September 1 the most stringent portion of House Bill 2, the anti-abortion legislation passed by the Texas Legislature last year, is scheduled to go into effect. Any healthcare clinic in the state that provides abortions will be required to be an ambulatory surgical center. If the rule takes effect,…
John Wiley Price is not going to be suspended or removed from the Dallas County Commissioner’s Court until at least the end of his corruption trial, which is slated to begin in January 2016. Mike Cantrell, the county’s lone Republican commissioner, presented a resolution that would have suspended Price, with…
Friday, we told you about County Commissioner Mike Cantrell’s resolution calling for the suspension of John Wiley Price from the commissioner’s court for the duration of his bribery trial. See also: Mike Cantrell Is Going to Call for John Wiley Price’s Suspension on Tuesday Price is not the only Democratic…
Despite having received zero proposals for private investment and an expected zero dollar contribution from DART until the agency’s cash flow issues loosen in 2035, plans for public transportation along the former Cotton Belt Line in northern DFW are moving forward. According to a DART presentation, plans for the line…
Continuing to make hay while the sun shines, RickPAC, our esteemed governor’s political action committee, is now selling T-shirts featuring his mugshot. See also: Rick Perry Wisely Strikes Back with Video Targeting Travis County DA The shirts, available for a minimum donation of $25, feature the aforementioned mugshot with the…
Mike Cantrell, the lone Republican Dallas County commissioner, has drafted as resolution calling on District Attorney Craig Watkins to go to court to try to suspend fellow Commissioner John Wiley Price with pay until Price’s federal bribery case is completed. Cantrell also wants whichever district judge who rules on Prices…
It’s a phrase that’s uttered too often at Little League games and on the playground. Even adults playing slow-pitch softball use it as a crutch. “You throw like a girl.” It’s an easy, if seemingly sexist, shorthand for the lunging, forearm focused, dart-throwing motion that happens to be one of…
Using data drawn from what is admittedly a self-selected sample — users of their UP fitness tracker — Jawbone, a company famous for its Bluetooth headsets and speakers, has compiled some interesting findings about sleep habits and walking patterns from around the world. You should check out and play around…
Late last month, we told you about BTCity, a startup trying to find the perfect site for the company’s Bitcoin ATM, expected to be the first in Dallas. BTCity still hasn’t managed to get its machine up and running, but a local entrepreneur took the company’s plans as an opportunity…
In February, Mayor Mike Rawlings created a task force to fight against what he calls Dallas’ “barbell economy.” Dallas is a wealthy city, experiencing 68 percent GDP growth between 2000 and 2012, but it is also a city with pockets of concentrated poverty that promote blight and toxic stress for…
