Every Year, DFW Commuters Spend More Time in Rush Hour Traffic Than Average Americans
Dallas-Fort Worth area drivers spend more than 70 hours every year on the road due to rush hour traffic, according to a report by the car-shopping app CoPilot.
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Sorry, Frisco. Dallas Mayor Wants Your New Universal Studios Theme Park in Hensley Field.
Could Dallas, not Frisco, be home to Universal Studios’ new kids theme park? Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson sure hopes so. He has the perfect place for it: contaminated Hensley Field.
Texas Bill Would Require Dallas, Other Cities to Provide Mobile Showers for the Homeless
Texas House Rep. Elizabeth Campos’ House Bill 1292 would require cities like Dallas to provide mobile showers to the homeless.
State Rep. Hopes to Abolish Confederate Heroes Day as an Official State Holiday
State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, a Houston Democrat, announced on Wednesday morning a new bill, House Bill 51, that aims to abolish Confederate Heroes Day as an official Texas state holiday. The occasion, established in 1973, falls annually on Jan. 19, which is also Robert E. Lee’s birthday, a state holiday…
Texas Brewery Did Not Violate Kyle Rittenhouse’s First Amendment Rights, Censorship Activist Says
In an unsurprising development in this post-2020 world, Kyle Rittenhouse has become a genuine celebrity. In fact, he’s become a very specific sort of celebrity who transcends reality television and gossip sites and often lands on the front pages of news outlets. The 20-year-old from Illinois gained infamy when in…
Dallas Proposes New Rules for Local Boarding Homes
This week, Dallas’ Quality of Life, Arts, and Culture committee heard recommendations for new rules regarding local boarding homes. The new rules aim to discipline unlicensed or bad operators of Dallas boarding homes and improve conditions for their residents.
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Phasing Out Landlines Could Spell Trouble For Seniors and Businesses Both Big and Small
The Federal Communications Commission doesn’t require phone companies to provide landline services anymore. James Graham, founder and CEO of Massachusetts-based phone company Community Phone, says this will negatively affect seniors and business owners.
Lawmakers from Dallas Prepare for Uphill Battles in Austin and Washington, D.C.
For lawmakers from Dallas in both Austin and Washington, D.C., the early weeks of January mean gathering with their colleagues and preparing for a unique type of battle. Last week proved to be a highly active one for first-term U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas’ 30th District. She attended her…
The Bill of Rights Applies Even If You Are Poor
Hannah Lebovits is an assistant professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington researching housing and homelessness through the lens of social equity and sustainability. She is one of the plaintiffs in the civil rights lawsuit against the city of Dallas challenging its new median ordinance. She…
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UPDATE: Clouded Leopard Escapes Enclosure at Dallas Zoo. Police, Zoo Still Searching
The Dallas Zoo got two clouded leopards in 2021. On Friday, one of them went missing.
Dallas Lawmaker Files Bill Allowing Permanent U.S. Residents to Become Cops in Texas
Police departments across the state are struggling with officer shortages. State Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Dallas County Democrat, filed a bill this week that may give departments a much needed boost by allowing permanent U.S. residents to become police officers.
Urban Farms in Dallas Will Be Vital to a Healthier Population, City Officials Say
If Dallas’ Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability (OEQS) has its way, there will soon be vegetation growing along the walls of downtown’s underground pedestrian tunnels. That’s not the only unusual place food might be grown under the proposed Comprehensive Urban Agriculture Plan. Vacant strip malls, empty big box stores…
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Volunteers Needed For Annual Count of North Texas Homeless Population
Housing Forward, the agency leading the homeless response system in Dallas and Collin counties, needs volunteers to help conduct its annual count of the homeless in North Texas. The count will take place on Jan. 27 and people can volunteer to help on Housing Forward’s website.
Dimple Jackson Street Will Honor a South Dallas ‘Neighborhood Matriarch’
Dimple Jackson lived on Audrey Street in Dallas’ Dixon Circle neighborhood for more than 50 years. When she died in 2019 at the age of 93, the street lost its guiding light, the woman her son Robert Jackson calls “the neighborhood matriarch.” Soon the street she called home for five…
Wiped Off the Map: Homeless Feel Lost in the Shuffle Waiting For Housing Assistance
Rapid rehousing programs have drummed up a lot of hope among the homeless. But, three homeless residents in the city of Dallas say they’ve been waiting months for assistance, and that rapid rehousing isn’t all that rapid.
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Dating App ‘Romance Scammer’ Sentenced to Three Years
A North Texas man was sentenced on Monday to more than three years in federal prison for his role in a scam that victimized many people to the tune of thousands of dollars each, according to Leigha Simonton, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Nigerian-born Emanuel…
Civil Rights Group Asks Court to Halt Dallas’ Ordinance Banning Panhandlers From Medians
The Texas Civil Rights Project sued the city of Dallas in December over an ordinance that would ban pedestrians, including panhandlers, from standing or sitting on medians narrower than 6 feet wide. Now, the civil rights group is asking for the city to be blocked from enforcing the ordinance until the lawsuit is resolved.
New School Shooting Technology From North Texas Is About Kids’ Safety, Not Stopping the Shooter
With school shootings having become almost commonplace in the United States, school districts and law enforcement agencies have continued to search for ways to prevent them. A new technological program designed to assist faculty in the event of an active shooter takes the focus away from stopping the shooter by…
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Denton-Based Telehealth Company Charging, Not Helping, Patients, BBB Warns
The Better Business Bureau is telling people to avoid a Denton-based telehealth company called Doctor Alexa that is allegedly taking customer money but not providing the services they paid for.
Biden’s Plan to Fight the Border Crisis May Not Be Enough, Some Local Immigration Activists Say
On Sunday, President Joe Biden is scheduled to make his first visit to survey the border crisis in El Paso since he became president in 2021. Biden’s opportunity to see firsthand the many thousands of migrants stationed along the southern border comes after U.S. officials say they encountered more than…
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…