There are few worse feelings for a North Texas transit commuter than the one that often hits just as they step off of one of DART’s climate-controlled light-rail cars and onto the platform at one of the agency’s more far-flung train stations: “How fricking long is it going to be…
Get ready for another round of text messages from Team Beto O’Rourke. According to social media reports from volunteers for the former El Paso U.S. representative’s senatorial campaign, O’Rourke and his team sent out an email Wednesday afternoon, informing the volunteers that O’Rourke needed help pushing out some text messages…
Second-trimester abortions increased 13 percent in Texas in the aftermath of 2013’s House Bill 2 despite abortions decreasing by 18 percent generally, a study published Tuesday in Obstetrics & Gynecology shows. Overall, women seeking abortions were forced to wait an average of one week more to get an abortion after…
The news didn’t exactly come as a surprise, but it stung nonetheless. Slot receiver Cole Beasley is leaving the Dallas Cowboys for the Buffalo Bills. According to reports, Beasley’s new contract is for four years and $29 million, with $14.4 million guaranteed. In losing Beasley, 29, the Cowboys lost a…
The Texas Secretary of State’s Office confirmed late Monday afternoon that multiple Texas counties inadvertently received new names of potential noncitizen voters for possible investigation from the office Monday. A spokesman for the office blamed a vendor for the mix-up. “Just like we told the counties and the court last…
There’s parody, self-parody and then whatever the hell the Dallas County Republican Party is doing with the lineup it’s put together for its annual Reagan Day Dinner next week. The slate of speakers the local GOP has assembled is so absurd that, when first spotted in the wild by the…
If at any point over the last seven years you’ve found yourself on the east side of downtown Dallas, you’ve encountered it — the quagmire of detour signs, potholes and uneven pavement that have accompanied Dallas’ quest to fix up Pearl Expressway and Cesar Chavez Boulevard on the eastern edge…
Dallas police made two arrests in the string of robberies near Dallas ISD school campuses that have shaken up students, parents and employees over the last month Thursday. Roshun Dixon, 17, and Christopher Wade, 18, both admitted being involved in at least one of the crimes, police said. Beginning Feb…
Sunday morning, the clock on your smart phone, as it does once a year, is going to roll straight from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m., costing you an hour’s sleep and causing a small to moderate amount of pain as you struggle through Sunday and the beginning of the week…
A federal jury in Sherman found former Richardson Mayor Laura Jordan guilty of corruption related crimes Thursday afternoon. Jordan accepted cash, trips, $24,000 worth of home renovations and a job with a $150,000 annual salary in exchange for supporting for supporting a large mixed-use development near Central Expressway. Jordan, whose…
From the outside, it’s hard to know what Texas Secretary of State David Whitley was thinking when he made his quixotic attempt to purge thousands of voters from the state’s rolls late last month. Rather than just doing his job and making sure Texas’ election machinery runs smoothly, Whitley chose…
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels seems to be trying to do two things at once. He’s trying to rebuild a major league roster and farm system that desperately need it, that’s his first priority, but he’s also trying to do so without completely ruining his team’s on-field product for four…
It might not matter — all the teens are vaping pot now anyway — but a bipartisan group of Texas legislators is pushing a plan to raise the state’s tobacco purchasing age from 18 to 21, making anyone who wants to look cool while slowly killing themselves wait three more…
Voting in Dallas County is going to be a lot easier this November. Tuesday afternoon, the Commissioners Court voted to switch the county from its present Election Day system, which requires voters to show up to their home precincts to cast ballots, to one that allows Dallas County residents to…
Monday was a weird time to be celebrating for Planned Parenthood. The venerable reproductive rights advocacy organization and healthcare provider faces attacks from all sides. President Donald Trump wants to strip the organization of millions in federal funding; multiple speakers at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference accused abortion providers…
The plan from Dallas mayoral candidate and state Rep. Eric Johnson was on its way anyway, but Friday’s developments certainly didn’t hurt. Monday afternoon in Austin, three hours south of the city that’s seen three current or former City Council members arrested since August, Johnson unveiled his plan to cut…
Airbnb is officially on Texas’ list. Not for being a menace to apartment dwellers everywhere or avoiding hotel occupancy taxes, or anything like that. Instead, Airbnb, a home-sharing app that offers an alternative to traditional hotels, is in trouble with the state because it refuses to list Israeli-owned rentals in…
David Irving’s loss shouldn’t sting as bad as it does for the Cowboys. He played in just two games in 2018, registering a single sack and a paltry four tackles. Even before the NFL handed him an indefinite suspension Friday afternoon for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy — one of…
Longtime Fair Park and South Dallas City Council member Carolyn Davis accepted more than $40,000 in bribes in exchange for her support of a low-income housing project. According to a federal plea agreement unsealed Friday morning, prosecutors and Davis’ legal team have agreed to a three-year prison term. Without a…
The only thing propping up the veneer of transparency created by the Texas Open Meetings Act is the honor system, thanks to a ruling earlier this week from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas’ highest criminal court. Until Wednesday morning, Texas law forbid public officials from knowingly discussing public…
Turns out, former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke was playing a little game when he told Oprah on Feb. 5 that he’d decide whether he’d run for Senate or president “before the end of the month.” Though the El Paso native has made his decision, according to multiple reports, he isn’t…
With six weeks still to go before the NFL Draft, the Cowboys have already filled one of their biggest offseason needs. Jason Witten, the teams longtime Pro Bowl tight end is coming back after one year in the ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast booth. “The fire inside of me to…
