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U.S. Supreme Court To Take Up Texas Age Verification for Porn Sites

By Jacob VaughnJuly 4, 2024

The decision is a win for the Free Speech Coalition, which has been challenging age verification for porn sites across the country.

Kerry Max Cook

It Took Decades, But Tyler’s Kerry Max Cook Has Finally Been Exonerated

By Jacob VaughnJune 21, 2024

After proof of false testimony, admissions of perjury and new scientific evidence, Kerry Max Cook has been deemed an innocent man.

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Plano Woman Behind 2022 Racist Attack Sentenced to Jail Time

By Jacob VaughnJune 18, 2024

Esmeralda Upton unleashed a racist tirade against a group of Indian American women in Plano. Now, she’ll serve time in jail for the hate crime.

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Dallas County Budget Short Tens of Millions of Dollars

By Jacob VaughnJune 11, 2024

As a result of the massive budget shortfall, Dallas County could freeze countywide hiring and projects, and change overtime policies.

Guns

What Does The Fight to Keep the ‘Gun Show Loophole’ Open Mean for Texans?

By Tyler HicksJune 5, 2024

Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton is standing by his guns as he battles with President Joe Biden over private gun sales and mandatory background checks.

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Carrollton Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

By Kelly DearmoreMay 22, 2024

The first person charged in the rash of juvenile fentanyl overdoses and deaths has been sentenced.

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Family Files Lawsuit Over Man’s Death by Suicide in Kaufman County Jail

By Jacob VaughnApril 26, 2024

A North Texas man’s family is looking for justice in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against Kaufman County.

Man Who Was Held Too Long in Jail Awarded $100,000 in Dallas County Settlement

By Jacob VaughnApril 24, 2024

A man was held in jail for nearly two months longer than he should’ve been. It’s the latest example of problems arising from technical issues with Dallas County software.

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Dallas Council Member Says Juvenile Curfew Should Stay; State Law Says Otherwise.

By Jacob VaughnApril 9, 2024

Now, Dallas youths must be home or in school at certain times of the day and night. That could change because of a new state law.

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Unlike Dallas, Other Texas Cities Give Poker Clubs Royal Treatment

By Jacob VaughnApril 5, 2024

As Dallas wages a war on poker clubs, one local club owner says it’s a lot easier doing business in other Texas cities.

Ken Paxton

Ken Paxton Avoids Jail Time, Entering Plea in Felony Securities Fraud Case

By Kelly DearmoreMarch 26, 2024

The winning streak for the Texas attorney general continued on Tuesday morning when he struck a deal with prosecutors to drop the felony charges against him from 2015.

Protest sign against a Dallas ordinance.

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Dallas Sexually Oriented Business Suit but Case Continues

By Jacob VaughnMarch 19, 2024

Sexually oriented businesses and the city have battled over a curfew passed in 2022. This decision marks a small loss for the businesses, but not a total defeat.

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No Dice? Things Aren’t Looking Too Good For Dallas Poker Clubs.

By Jacob VaughnMarch 13, 2024

Dallas has searched for a legal path forward for poker clubs, but now that path looks like one that current poker clubs would never choose to take.

Dallas city marshal Charles Ibarra has been fired.

Former City Marshal Found Guilty of Tampering With Government Record

By Jacob VaughnMarch 12, 2024

A former Dallas city marshal allegedly falsified a police report in 2021 after slamming a man to the ground with excessive force. Now, he’s been found guilty of tampering with a government record.

Dallas, Collin Counties Blow Deadline for State-Required Report Aimed at Combatting Sexual Assault

By Kelly DearmoreFebruary 21, 2024

A new state law requires Texas counties to create Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) and file a report on efforts to fight crime. Dallas and Collin have yet to file their reports.

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‘Reckoning With the State’: Paxton Sues Over Marijuana Decriminalization

By Jacob VaughnFebruary 1, 2024

Five cities are facing lawsuits from the Texas Attorney General over their efforts to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.

51 Years After Roe v. Wade, Biden Highlights Dallas’ Kate Cox in Abortion Video

By Simone CarterJanuary 22, 2024

The video posted Monday to the president’s X account ends with a simple message: “Protect abortion rights.”

West Dallas Resident Files Lawsuit To Try To Run Shingle Factory Out of Town

By Jacob VaughnJanuary 19, 2024

Janie Cisneros of West Dallas wants a local shingle factory gone. She says she’s looking for justice, and she’s turning to the courts to get it.

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Two More Texans Guilty Days Before the Jan. 6 Insurrection Anniversary

By Kelly DearmoreJanuary 5, 2024

More than 80 Texas have been arrested for the Capitol breach. A recent poll says Republicans have only grown more loyal to Donald Trump since the 2021 attack.

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After Kate Cox Case, Challenges to Texas Abortion Ban Continue

By Kelly DearmoreJanuary 4, 2024

Before the state Supreme Court now, Zurawski v. State of Texas involves several North Texas women who were denied abortions while their health was in danger.

Dallas County Court Clerk Indicted on Forgery Charges in Eviction Case

By Jacob VaughnJanuary 3, 2024

The chief clerk of a local justice of the peace court allegedly faked an eviction hearing notice last year.

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Dallas Considers Allowing Poker Houses To Stay As ‘Private Game Clubs’

By Jacob VaughnDecember 14, 2023

What’s in a name? After years of debate, litigation and compromise, the path forward for local poker clubs in Dallas might finally be near.

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