Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price won a significant fight with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Tuesday afternoon, expanding the county’s definition of essential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic and ensuring that the full Commissioners Court will have a say in how long the county’s shelter-in-place order lasts. At a…
The entire fight between Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott should have lasted about five minutes. Once Abbott heard from the federal government that they were afraid Jenkins didn’t plan to use the temporary hospital that’s being staged at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, he…
As they scramble to move their classes online and figure out how to teach from home while their campuses are shut down, some college professors across Texas have found yet another challenge to contend with: internet trolls. Last month, colleges and universities nationwide shut down their campuses and sent students…
Dallas ISD students are continuing to learn during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but they are unlikely to return to the classroom this year, district Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said during a news conference Monday. The district will make a final determination in short order he said. “We’re very close to making…
If the Cowboys don’t take the field in 2020, it won’t be anything new for the team’s newest signing. Aldon Smith hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2015, despite being one of the best pure pass rushers to enter the league in decades. The Cowboys, as they have for…
When this is over, it will just be beginning. The global pandemic already is shaking the foundations of class, capitalism and nationhood all over the world. Some people see it. Some don’t. Here in Dallas, our mayor is an unfortunate example of don’t. According to the most recent population estimates…
The long haul is getting longer. Friday morning, Dallas County Commissioners voted to extend the county’s Public Health Emergency until May 20. That means all residents of the county will continue to shelter in place for at least the next six weeks, barring intervention from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins…
Like the rest of the country, Texas, the second-largest state both in population and land area, is in the midst of a public health crisis. In the state’s largest counties, the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus is rising drastically each day. Gov. Greg Abbott has shut down…
Three and a half years after stepping down as chief of the Dallas Police Department, David Brown has been named to lead Chicago’s police force. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Brown’s selection Thursday afternoon. “We are Chicago and we deserve the best,” Lightfoot said. “In this time, in this moment,…
There’s one really attractive exception to Dallas’ stay-at-home order. Sure, it lets you get out and shop for essentials and go get takeout, but that stuff’s banal. The big thing, the “Get Out of Jail Free” card, is the county and city orders’ exception for those seeking outdoor exercise, either…
As thousands and thousands of Texans continue to lose their jobs as the state and the rest of the world suffer through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Workforce Commission has been overwhelmed. The commission’s phone lines have been overwhelmed, and its website huffs, puffs and stalls during high-traffic hours. The…
A bit of happy news amid the coronavirus darkness: Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo is extending a big helping hand to every player in the Rangers’ minor league system. According to multiple reports, Choo is giving all 190 Rangers minor leaguers $1,000 to help them navigate the coming weeks and…
Dallas ISD students who don’t have internet access at home may have to wait a few weeks to receive mobile Wi-Fi hot spots. At a meeting last week, the district’s board of trustees voted unanimously to spend up to $2.5 million to buy 12,000 mobile hot spots to send home…
As a former conservative talk radio host and current elected official, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick surely must know the prime directive for American politicians: Do NOT screw with the olds. They vote. Maybe he forgot. He is, after all, getting on in years. He turns 70 on Saturday. In…
By now we are all sort of aware of the story of President Donald Trump and General Motors and the ventilator shortage. I haven’t quite kept up with the inner detail. There was a request for GM to manufacture ventilators and then a voluntary consent and then some kind of…
As layoffs and cut hours because of the coronavirus hit Texas, food banks are scrambling to meet the needs of people who can no longer afford food.
These are such strange times. They should be awful, and they are. We know it hasn’t hit yet, not the way it will. I don’t know about you, but I feel fear. But then I also feel something else — an inkling, but I’m not at all sure inkling of…
Barring something truly unforeseen, you, dear renter and reader, are still obligated to fatten your landlord’s pocket sometime in the next couple of days. For all the stimuli that have been pushed out and all the hollering from the left about your plight, there’s little relief on offer for those…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus abortion ban is back in place thanks to an emergency stay from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The stay, according to the court, was issued so that it can give full consideration to an emergency appeal from the Texas attorney general. The ban…
Until Monday night, Wednesday was going to mark a sea change in Dallas civic life. For the first time, Dallas workers were going to be guaranteed paid sick time — one hour for every 30 hours they worked. It’s couldn’t have come at a better time, either. Then the courts…
Advice from DFW plumbers during the COVID-19 crisis: stop flushing weird stuff down the toilet. Because of our bizarre, virus-fueled run on toilet paper, many area residents are being forced to resort to alternative options. Kleenex. Wet wipes. Paper towels. Napkins. No reports yet of leaves or corn cobs, but…
Despite Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s best efforts to make hay while the coronavirus spreads, abortion remains as legal in Texas as it was before the virus hit, following a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel. A little more than a week ago,…
