More than 600 protesters penned in and arrested by Dallas Police Department officers during an otherwise peaceful protest Monday night will not be charged with a crime, according to Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall and Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax. After rallying at Frank Crowley Courthouse just outside of…
Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 285 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, setting a new high for the second time this week. The county also reported one additional death from the coronavirus. Since the pandemic began in March, DCHHS has reported 11,243 cases of COVID-19 and 250…
After days of rallies, marches and clashes with police, the Dallas protesters calling for change after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police office paused Wednesday to air their grievances in front of audience that included members of Dallas City Council, Dallas County Commissioners Court and Dallas Police…
Wednesday morning, after dozens of players, teams and leagues stepped out first, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott decided it was time to speak out about the death of George Floyd and the relationship between police and the black communities they are supposed to serve. “As a Black Multiracial American, I…
At least John Cornyn has an excuse. President Donald Trump has never implied that the Texas senator’s wife was ugly, or that his dad helped kill John F. Kennedy, as he has with Cornyn’s Senate colleague and fellow Republican Ted Cruz. Still, it’s been a little surprising how quickly Texas’ senior…
Monday morning, fresh out of meeting with Dallas police officials, Dominique Alexander said he and the protesters he helped organize wanted a specially called meeting of the City Council to fix what they believe is the city’s lack of police oversight. Tuesday afternoon, after another protest and hundreds of arrests…
A total of 257 more Dallas County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and 16 more county residents have died from the virus, according to Dallas County Health and Human Services chief Philip Huang. Both totals are the highest the county has reported in a single day. The 257 new…
The catalyst for the last four days’ protests in Dallas is new, if horrifyingly familiar. Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauven allegedly murdered George Floyd, a black man, last month by kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes. People in Dallas and around the world are angry. “I’m just enraged…
Last week, Twitter attached a link to one of President Donald Trump’s tweets, asserting that the president’s claims about voter fraud and mail-in voting weren’t true. The social media platform decision incensed Trump and many Republicans, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Attorney General Ken Paxton. The president even issued…
To hear Republicans tell it, allowing a temporary expansion of mail-in voting in Texas would doom their party to a fate much like the one suffered by Texas Democrats over the last two decades. Let people stay home and vote with a pen and a stamp, rather than heading to…
Beginning Sunday, Texas pro sports teams and facilities can allow fans to attend their outdoor events at up to 25% capacity, according to a proclamation from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Motor sports events can open at 25% capacity beginning Friday. The governor published his amended rules on May 22 without…
When it came down to it last night, 10 or so hours into Wednesday’s City Council meeting, the political will just wasn’t there. Despite the novel coronavirus, the pandemic that’s followed its arrival on U.S. shores and the inevitable hole it will tear in Dallas’ current and future budgets, the…
Dallas is taking a shot, maybe not its best shot, but a shot, at lessening the city’s role in the global climate crisis. Wednesday, the City Council unanimously passed Dallas’ first-ever Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan. “I grew up partially in the shadow of a lead smelter plant in West…
Texas’ state courts are in agreement with federal courts, for now at least: Mail-in voting, despite the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic, remains available only to Texans older than 65, the physically ill or disabled, or those who will be out of the county in which they are registered to vote…
If the NHL can figure out a safe way to start playing games again this summer, fans are going to be in for a festival of playoff hockey the likes of which they’ve never seen. The Stars, by the skin of their teeth, are guaranteed to play a big part…
You’re forgiven if you’ve failed to keep track, but right now, as you’re reading this, you probably can’t get a mail-in ballot. The Texas Legislature’s rules, which say you have to be older than 65, have an illness or disability or have plans to be out of your home county…
Dallas County’s number of COVID-19 infections has been in a lull for the last couple of weeks. On May 11, the county’s Health and Human Services Department reported 253 new infections, tying for the Dallas County’s highest single day total. In the days since, the number of newly confirmed cases…
Sports, like a lot of the remnants of our former lives, are creeping back into the picture. Live baseball is back on TV. So is live soccer, live NASCAR and live golf. The NFL Draft was a hopeful highlight of the spring for Cowboys’ fans, and team owner Jerry Jones…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has unwound around the world and in North Texas, there’s been a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The only surefire way out of our new confines, according to epidemiologists and public health officials, is researchers finding a vaccine for the novel coronavirus…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is ready to for Texas schools to reopen. Monday, he said students could return to the state’s school buildings on June 1. Wednesday afternoon, the Texas State Teachers Association said the week after next is too early to consider bringing kids back. “With the COVID-19 pandemic…
Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmates are testing positive for the novel coronavirus at significantly higher rates than Texans who aren’t incarcerated, according to new data from the agency that oversees Texas’ prisons. Late Tuesday, the department reported that, of the first 1,635 inmates tested as part of the state’s…
One day after a U.S. District judge in San Antonio cleared the path for all Texans who want to vote by mail and avoid potential COVID-19 exposure later this year, a three-judge panel at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked their way. Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery…
