It’s not dé·jà vu. The Texas attorney general is in trouble again. Seven of Ken Paxton’s top aides filed a whistleblower complaint against their boss alleging that he is violating federal and/or state law relating to improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal offenses. The letter said that…
Wednesday, President Donald Trump revealed he’d put his favorite sycophant, U.S. Sen. “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz, on a short list of potential Supreme Court nominees, according to USA Today.
The evening before Torrey Henderson turned herself in, her stomach wouldn’t stop turning. That was OK though, she said; she was prepared for what came next. Thursday morning, Henderson arrived at the Cooke County Jail with fellow activists Justin Thompson and Amara Ridge. The Gainesville Police Department had issued warrants…
It was good while it lasted. Dallas County’s eviction moratorium ended June 15, effectively halting certain protections for thousands of North Texas tenants. Tuesday, DeSoto City Council member Candice Quarles delivered a bleak forecast for Dallas evictions during a virtual town hall meeting on Zoom. She said considering the county’s…
The U.S. Supreme Court has been busy settling landmark cases this week. Monday, it ruled that gay and transgender people are protected from workplace discrimination under the Civil Rights Act. Thursday, it upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields certain undocumented immigrants from deportation. Considering the court’s…
In 2017, Mansfield ISD suspended art teacher Stacy Bailey for being gay. The two-time teacher of the year winner lost her job after she showed her elementary-aged students a picture of her fiancee. In February, a federal judge ruled Bailey’s suspension unconstitutional. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court echoed that…
Not content fighting just one legal battle against expanding access to mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic, Texas Attorney Ken Paxton wants the state’s Supreme Court to help him force people to the polls during July’s primary runoffs and November’s general election. As the pandemic has continued and the elections have…
Given the results of last week’s primary in Dallas County, whatever’s in the mystery boxes discovered by county elections officials last week isn’t going to matter. While a few races were close, none of them were close enough that they’re going to be swung by adding 44 vote centers’ worth…
From 2015 to 2018, Rent-A-Center, a Plano-based rent-to-own company, signed a series of illegal agreements with its competitors to shut out competition, according to an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. It will now walk away with a slap on the wrist. At the time, the company was struggling. Its…
Texas Democrats are making hay out of a Super Tuesday that saw voters wait as long as seven hours to cast their ballots after polls closed in Texas. The party, along with national Democratic campaign groups, is suing the state to allow voters to continue voting a straight ticket, if…
Thanks to federal Food and Drug Administration regulations, finding flavored Juul disposable nicotine pods in Dallas became a chore earlier this year. That doesn’t mean Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is satisfied. Tuesday, Paxton announced that his office is leading a bipartisan, 39-state investigation into Juul Labs, the company behind…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas made good on a threat it’s been making for months Tuesday, suing seven East Texas towns in federal court over the towns’ decision to declare themselves sanctuary cities for the unborn. Waskom, which kicked the whole sanctuary cities movement off, is a defendant,…
A Dallas County jury is deliberating whether to make former Dallas Police Department officer Christopher Hess the third DFW police officer sent to prison for an on-duty police shooting in as many years. Hess shot 12 times at Genevive Dawes, hitting her five times and killing her on Jan. 18,…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, forever at war with affordable healthcare, women’s personal autonomy and reality, added a new foe to his list Monday afternoon: California. Three years after the fact, Paxton is making his objection to the Golden State’s ban on state-paid travel to Texas his office’s newest cause célèbre,…
Former Dallas police officer Christopher Hess had no choice but to shoot Genevive Dawes on Jan. 18, 2017, his lawyers said during opening statements Tuesday. Dawes posed an immediate threat to Hess and his colleagues. She was a felon committing another felony, incapable of following officers orders’ to show her…
For the last two years, Dallas’ headlines have been dominated by cops on trial. In 2018, Dallas County juries convicted ex-cops Roy Oliver and Ken Johnson on murder charges. Last year, Dallas County juries acquitted former Mesquite officer Derick Wiley of aggravated assault after he shot a man in the…
Are you sick of staring at cubicle walls all day? Tired of getting stiffed on the tip after serving a table of 10? Completely finished with the thought of going to a tedious day job that never seems to change, unless it’s becoming either more tedious or simply less rewarding?…
Three Texans are going to see the future before everyone else. Late Thursday afternoon, a federal judge in San Antonio issued a preliminary injunction requiring Texas to allow the online voter registration of three plaintiffs in an ongoing suit against the state. The court is expected to make a ruling…
Ten Dallas organizations held a joint press conference decrying Abbott’s rejection of Refugee resettlement.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is not going to save us. Tuesday, the federal appellate court rejected the final pre-Supreme Court appeal from Walmart, putting a large dent in the retail giant’s quest to take down one of Texas’ thorniest remaining blue laws. Put simply, Walmart wants to sell liquor…
Just before former Dallas Police Department Officer Amber Guyger’s trial began in earnest last fall, there was a moment when it seemed like the whole thing could go off the rails. As Guyger, the media and the public prepared for opening statements, her defense team told Dallas County District Judge Tammy…
One of Texas’ biggest fights over voter registration got new life Monday afternoon, with national Democratic groups parachuting into the state to challenge its requirement that each voter registration form filed in the state be marked with an original signature. In 2018, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office rejected nearly…
