The staccato thud of hammers broke the predawn stillness one morning in 1988. Activists dotted the vacant lot. They carried some 700 hand-painted white crosses bearing the names of Dallas County residents who’d succumbed to AIDS. Members of the Gay Urban Truth Squad (GUTS), a Dallas activist group, drove the…
On Tuesday, Dallas health officials reported the first case of monkeypox this year in the Lone Star State.
Abortions is still legal in Texas, and women still have to right to get one if needed. Here is an explanation of the resources available.
Even before the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Texas had already passed some of the harshest anti-abortion laws in the country.
Texas has been ranked the third safest state during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new analysis by WalletHub.
When William is on a horse, it doesn’t matter that he can’t run or jump, according to ManeGait, the nonprofit therapeutic horsemanship center where he rides. The National Institute of Health says he’s only one of two children with his diagnosis who don’t use a nighttime ventilator. Both ride horses…
A U.S. Air Force veteran named Ben Duncan his the max dose on his medication for essential tremor, a disease that causes involuntary shaking. His doctor told him he could keep taking the medicine and live with the side effects, get brain surgery or try a new kind of therapy. He chose the latter and says it’s helped him get his life back.
Last week, a former employee sued Collin College over alleged retaliation and disability discrimination.
Dallas and Texas have each ranked high on lists for best locations for remote work.
In the Texas Tribune’s new public school database, Dallas ISD has a relatively low level of college-ready graduates, particularly in math.
A new report says policymakers should be helping small businesses retain employees, obtain child care and seal government contracts.
Local health experts are cautiously optimistic as coronavirus cases have declined but warn of potential future surges.
The View co-host Sunny Hostin on Wednesday said she surprisingly agrees with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s stance on a federal no-fly list for unruly airplane passengers.
This wasn’t Deron Tolbert’s first trip to Dallas County Jail. The 31-year-old was arrested last May on a charge of indecent exposure. At the time, he had already struggled with a severe mental illness called schizoaffective disorder for years and was living with his mother in Dallas. Jailers figured out that…
Until staffing levels are replenished, residents should expect delays from Dallas Animal Services, especially for low priority calls.
Medical labs are facing staffing shortages amid a rise in omicron cases.
COVID-19 infections are leading to staffing shortages across the country, including in Dallas.
Amid the latest surge in COVID-19, Dallas ISD has reported the lowest teacher turnover rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of positive cases in Texas is hitting historic highs thanks to the highly contagious omicron variant. Although some medical experts say the variant could be less lethal than others before it, hospitalizations in Texas this week doubled amid a shortage of…
Pediatric COVID-19 cases and and subsequent hospitalizations are surging across the country.
As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, Dallas County is urging residents to do what they can to slow the spread of the virus.
As the omicron variant sweeps across Texas, Dallas County has been hammered with new cases. In just the past 14 days, the rate of positive cases has gone up over 350%. The county averaged more than 1,000 new positive cases per day over the past seven days alone. Dallas’ case…
