Texas Bill Would Expand “Campus Carry” for Guns to Public Schools
A bill filed this week could allow even more Texas school teachers and employees to carry concealed handguns on campus.
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Regular Flight Schedule Has Resumed, but Frustrations Persist for Stranded Southwest Passengers
Last week, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines made the sort of national headlines no airline wants to make. It’s fair to think that goes double for the more than 1 million travelers affected by last week’s mass flight cancellations. A typical flight schedule for the airline resumed on Friday, Dec. 30, following…
New Law from Local State Senator Is About More Than Air Conditioning and Building Codes
A lot of attention at the beginning of the new year is directed toward the bills that the Texas Legislature will consider in the upcoming legislative session. But what about the bills from past sessions that have finally become law? Jan. 1 welcomed several new laws in Texas, the bills…
Dallas Man Sold “Glock Switches” to Police Over Instagram, says U.S. Attorney
A Dallas man was charged on Wednesday for selling Glock “switches,” devices that convert semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic ones, to undercover officers. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, Jeremiah Dwyen Ashley, 22, allegedly conducted sales of illegal firearms both…
“No Reliable Record”: Report Says Dallas Community Treatment Courts are Poorly Managed
An audit found issues with how the city tracks the work of the South Dallas Drug Court and South Oak Cliff Veterans’ Treatment Court.
State Rep. Files a Texas “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Ahead of New Legislative Session
With the 88th Legislative session set to begin in less than a week, one North Texas state representative continues to fill the docket with some rather eye-catching filings. Frisco Republican Jared Patterson, who has already filed bills to abolish the city of Austin and ban minors from social media usage,…
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Cory Youmans Caught MLB’s Most Valuable Baseball, Then Caught Flak After Selling It for $1.5 Million
Before he caught the ball, cancer caught him. Last May, Cory Youmans was just trying to climb the ladder at a Dallas financial services company – one day talking business outlooks, the next to an oncologist. “When you’re 35 and your doctor says you have cancer, it absolutely changes your…
What to Look Out For in Dallas News in 2023
With each year, the news in Dallas seems to introduce as many questions as it does answers. Bills filed in the Texas legislature, elections, proposed ordinances, all-day city council committee hearings and things of that nature are all certainly notable in their own way, but for the most part, we…
Texas Bill Would Offer Tax Credits for Grocery Stores that Open in Food Deserts
South Oak Cliff resident Anga Sanders found out the hard way that bringing grocery stores to Dallas’ food deserts was no simple task. A bill filed this week by State Rep. Shawn Thierry, a Houston Democrat, could make it a little simpler.
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Thousands of JFK Assassination Documents Still Withheld After Latest Release
More than 13,000 previously classified documents regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released into the National Archive this month. But, thousands remain withheld from disclosure.
Here Comes the Sun: Jerry Jones Keeps Dropping the Ball While the Cowboys Can’t See It
There are many traditions associated with the Dallas Cowboys. Some are fun, such as the annual Thanksgiving Day game and halftime show, and some aren’t so great, like the consistent early-round playoff exits. During Saturday’s win against the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, another tradition made its unwelcome…
‘Level the Playing Field’: Texas Bills Seek to Regulate Institutions in the Housing Market
Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa filed legislation to slow institutional purchases of single family homes and create a registry to track the residential property they buy.
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“Meltdown” Causes Southwest Airlines Cancellations While Travelers Try to Stay Positive at Love Field
On Tuesday morning, you didn’t have to look hard to see plenty of signs that things had not been going well for a certain segment of holiday travelers. Even if one had somehow missed seeing the headlines and social media posts generated by Southwest Airlines’ cancellation of over 2,800 flights…
The City Took Over Some Non-Emergency Services For More Efficiency at DPD
The city has been working to divert non-emergency services from the Dallas Police Department to other city staff to increase efficiency. Starting next year, the city’s Department of Transportation will begin taking over street blockage enforcement.
As Opioid Overdoses Increase, Dallas Forms a New Partnership Designed to Prevent Deaths
The opiate crisis in America is still raging, and it has hit North Texas with a wallop. In Dallas, suspected opioid overdoses have seen a dramatic rise in number over the past three years. And with that number, the amount of Narcan administered by city EMS personnel has also skyrocketed…
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It’s Not All So Depressing: The Most Positive Observer News Stories of 2022
We’ve taken a look at the most-read Observer news stories of 2022, which provided a peek into what the year’s most hotly debated topics were. We’ve also looked at the reports we thought were the weirdest and wildest of the year. But there’s more to Dallas than controversy and oddness,…
Keeping Dallas Weird: the Most Head-Scratching News Stories of 2022
When it comes to reporting on what happens in and around Dallas, every year is weird in its own way. Perhaps weird is normal for Dallas? Even so, it seems as though each year since 2020 has only gotten weirder in Big D. Not surprisingly, in 2022 elected officials contributed…
As Evictions Rise to Pre-COVID Levels, the Story of One Family’s Life on the Edge of Homelessness
Angela Smith says her husband will not be happy about this story. She launched a GoFundMe, too, and he wasn’t too keen on that. “We both have a hard time asking for help,” she says. “He doesn’t want our burdens to become anyone else’s.” But the 55-year-old says she felt…
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Regardless of Title 42’s Status, Dallas Group Helps Busloads of Migrants with Compassion
Dozens of migrants arrived in Dallas on Tuesday and Wednesday after a three-hour bus ride from one of the several detention centers in Texas, where thousands of other migrants are still being processed for entry into the United States. For most, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church is but a brief…
Texas Audit Found “Phantom Voters,” but No Widespread Fraud in 2020 General Election
Although large irregularities were found in Harris County, an audit of how the state ran the 2020 General Election found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
As Dallas Prepares for Crowded Shelters and Frigid Temps, ERCOT Says the Grid is Ready
With below-freezing temperatures approaching later this week just in time for Christmas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas has issued a press release to let Texans know that it is “closely monitoring the weather situation.” It’s certainly good to know that the ERCOT is paying close attention to the upcoming…
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Dallas Deals with Influx of Canine Upper Respiratory Infections with Help From Residents
Dallas Animal Services has been offering $150 gift cards to people who foster medium or big dogs to help stop the spread of canine upper respiratory infection.