On Friday, organizers from the city and several nonprofits met with a dozen volunteers outside the Dallas Farmers Market. They were there to inaugurate the city’s newest civic enhancement: its “first-ever protected micro-mobility facility,” as it’s been referred to by planners. In other words, a bike lane — which now…
During the United States’ last big infectious disease crisis, Dallas went first. On Sept. 30, 2014, Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national who’d recently traveled to Dallas, tested positive for Ebola, setting off weeks of fear and uncertainty. Two nurses who treated Duncan, Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, also contracted…
As much as we hate to do it, we’re about to give First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress more of the thing he loves more than anything else in the world: attention. If you’ve driven through downtown Dallas or made the rounds on the internet in the last week or…
Collin County health officials have identified a Frisco man as a “presumptive positive” case of the novel coronavirus. The man, who is in his late 30s, had recently traveled to California, where 114 cases of the virus have been confirmed, said Collin County Judge Chris Hill. The man is in…
A few minutes before 8 on a Thursday night last month, dozens of students, faculty and staff members crowded into a classroom in Baylor University’s Marrs McLean Science Building. Some stood in groups chatting. One faculty member stopped each student she didn’t already know, introduced herself and asked them about…
Many, many good candidates won their primaries last week in Texas. This story is not about those candidates. No, this story is about all the bad candidates — some with bad ideas, some with questionable moral compasses and some who are just washed up — who managed to survive Tuesday,…
If we were to be perfectly honest with each other, which we never will be, we would agree on a few things about voting in Texas and in Dallas. Rich white Republicans would prefer to see fewer, rather than more middle class and poor nonwhite Democrats show up at the…
The threat level for the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is still low for most Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But that doesn’t mean officials and the public shouldn’t take precautions, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred said during a town hall meeting Friday. Allred, as…
Sen. Ted Cruz announced Sunday evening that he’ll be spending the better part of a week at home after meeting a person later later confirmed to have COVID-19 — the disease stemming from the novel coronavirus — at the Conservative Political Action Conference week before last. Cruz is not sick…
Austin city officials announced Friday afternoon that this year’s SXSW festival has been canceled over concerns about the novel coronavirus. In a statement, festival organizers said they were “devastated” by the cancellation of the festival, which was scheduled for March 13-21, but would try to reschedule the event. Organizers said…
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…
The waiting, always the hardest part, is over for Dallas sports fans. On Thursday, YouTube TV and Sinclair Broadcasting Group, five days removed from an emergency extension that kept Fox Sports Southwest on the streaming service, agreed to a long-term contract extension. That means local broadcasts of the Mavericks, Stars…
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…
Protesters lined the steps of the Hall of State in Fair Park on Tuesday, holding a banner in front of attendees of the morning’s climate symposium: “This is not enough.” It was in response to Dallas’ climate plan, which was released in draft form last month and is to be adopted…
A Dallas County grand jury has indicted two Dallas County Sheriff’s Office deputies who are accused of looting a Home Depot on Forest Lane in Dallas following the Oct. 20 tornado that destroyed the home improvement store and much of the surrounding area. Owners of the Home Depot hired Sgt. Rebecca…
A little more than 21 hours after polls closed in Dallas County, Texas’ last major outstanding election result finally came in: Long-serving Dallas state Senator Royce West finished second with 14.5% of the vote in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, advancing to a May runoff with former Air Force helicopter…
Tuesday when I wrote this thing, the list of entities and people pulling out of SXSW because of coronavirus, according to the Austin American-Statesman, included Facebook, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Intel, Mashable, the Global Alternative Food Awards and a trade show for Chinese companies called China Gathering. As for China…
Maybe it was the resounding victory in South Carolina on Saturday night. Maybe it was Amy Klobuchar or Pete Buttigieg dropping out. Maybe it was Beto O’Rourke and Whataburger. Whatever it was, it worked. As late night turned into early morning in Dallas and around Texas, former Vice President Joe…
At the very top of the ticket, Texas’ primary felt a lot like the other primaries that were held on Tuesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden, thanks to a lot of help, caught Sen. Bernie Sanders as Sanders headed down the homestretch, trying to turn the Democratic Party on its…
As polls in some of Texas’ biggest counties closed Tuesday night, the Lone Star State’s 2020 primary is shaping up as a good one for former Vice President Joe Biden. The state’s Democratic Senate race seems destined for a runoff, and Dallas County’s most rancorous state House race, surprisingly, does…
Each year, the Dallas City Council meets to plan strategy. At last year’s session in June, council members contemplated “2020 Priorities” scrawled in Sharpie on rolls of butcher paper. They placed stickers next to their favorites, creating a conspicuous cluster. “I think what emerged from this — clearly — is, public…
If you have any inclination toward preserving your sanity — or prefer a slightly less Trumpy version of Christianity — chances are you missed First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress’ interview with former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. The interview occurred right in the middle of First Baptist’s Sunday…
