Less than a day after a Dallas County grand jury indicted a Farmers Branch police officer for allegedly shooting a man as he drove away, the Dallas Police Association excoriated the process that led to the indictment. On June 12, Michael Dunn and other Farmers Branch officers were watching a…
In the end, it wasn’t a definitive or even particularly clear statement, but it might have been just enough from the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts. Joining with court’s four liberals, Roberts wrote that the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the…
Oak Lawn is getting a bit more colorful. On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council signed off on a series of street improvements in the neighborhood that includes 10 rainbow crosswalks meant to celebrate Oak Lawn’s history as a safe space for Dallas’ LGBTQ community. The crosswalks will be installed and…
NRATV, the most provocative arm of the National Rifle Association, a group that is all too happy to provoke, is no more, the gun-rights organization announced in a message to supporters Wednesday. Prior to the mother ship pulling the plug, NRATV broadcast from studios in Uptown. “Many members expressed concern…
Late Wednesday afternoon, a Dallas County jury sentenced Wesley Mathews to life in prison for his involvement in the death of his 3-year-old adopted daughter, Sherin Mathews. A grand jury indicted Mathews on capital murder charges in 2018, but Mathews pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, injury of a child…
Believe it or not, there is an honest-to-goodness presidential debate tonight in Miami. It’s the first of the 2020 election cycle, getting underway 222 days before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3. Thanks to the Democrats’ clown-car-filling 24 candidates for president, the debate will actually be held over two nights,…
Monday night, one of Dallas sports’ biggest-ever sure things turned out to be a sure thing. Luka Doncic, the Mavericks’ preternaturally talented 20-year-old forward, picked up the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Award, putting a bow on what was a rookie season for the ages. As Doncic officially starts down…
It sounded almost too good to be true. Two weeks ago, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill killing the state’s hated Driver Responsibility Program, which has led to 1.3 million Texans having their driver’s licenses suspended. On Sept. 1, the day the program officially ends, more than 630,000 people…
This spring, Bedford state Rep. Jonathan Stickland finally passed a bill. It took four terms in office and dozens of dramas big and small, but Stickland pushed through his long-desired ban on red-light cameras. Turns out, finally getting on the legislative board took all that Stickland had to give. The…
Texas kids are still suffering. They still lag behind children in other states when it comes to economic well-being, education, health and measures of family and community support, according to the 2019 Kids Count data book from Annie E. Casey Foundation. Despite limited help from the Texas Legislature in the…
Monday afternoon, a few hours after Brian Clyde shot out the first-floor windows of the Earle Cabell Federal Courthouse before being killed by federal officers, FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno told reporters that Clyde wasn’t known to the FBI or part of any investigation. Turns out, that…
Texas’ white plurality is this close to being over, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Any day now, it seems, the state is set to become majority Hispanic. According to the bureau’s 2018 population estimates, Texas has about 11.9 million white, non-Hispanic residents, compared with 11.4…
Sometimes it’s helpful to remember that East Texas U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert is just one of 435 members of the U.S. House. If he had more power, his ascientific, ahistoric and afactual view of the world would be menacing. As a back-bencher, Gohmert remains an object of curiosity and a…
It’s starting to look more and more like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is never going to go on trial despite being indicted on felony charges nearly four years ago. Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to reconsider a decision that resulted in the lawyers prosecuting Paxton’s alleged…
Before this week, Dallas residents hoping to file a police report had a couple of options. If they had the time after, say, their house was burglarized, they could call 911 and have the Dallas Police Department come to their home to take their report. The only hope for a…
Early Tuesday morning, as the newly inaugurated Dallas City Council started feeling its way through its first real meeting, South Oak Cliff representative Casey Thomas recited the obligatory post-election refrain. “Campaign season is over,” Thomas said. “We’re here to govern now.” Whether that’s true — a handful of his colleagues…
The Texas Legislature passed 1,429 bills in 2019. Lawmakers took swipes at problems that have plagued the state for decades, like Texas’ public school finance system, and problems that don’t exist, like doctors who regularly get away with committing infanticide. They passed many bills, the effects of which won’t be…
When Mike Rawlings took his spot at the center of Dallas City Council’s horseshoe-shaped table, the 2011 World Series had yet to break local sports fans’ hearts, Rick Perry was still governor of Texas and Deep Ellum was still Deep Ellum. By remaining mayor until Eric Johnson took the oath…
Photos and videos from a Facebook page apparently belonging to Brian Isaack Clyde, the 22-year-old man identified by federal officials as the person who shot up downtown Dallas’ Earle Cabell federal courthouse, show the suspected shooter handling a rifle that looks similar to the one he was with which photographed…
A suspect remained in custody at a local hospital after a brief shootout with federal officers downtown Monday morning as the Dallas Police Department bomb squad checked his car for explosives. According to DPD, no one was injured in the incident besides the suspected shooter. Video tweeted by a KDFW…
Texas’ Driver Responsibility Program, perhaps the most loathed program administered by the state, is no more. Friday afternoon, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill immediately putting the program to the sword, clearing the path for about 1.5 million Texans to regain their driver’s licenses. The program imposed surcharges on…
First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress took to the airwaves Friday to make one thing clear: He and the rest of President Donald Trump’s evangelical backers aren’t being used by the president. “I agree 100 percent that no pastor should be a stooge for a political party or for a…
