Politics & Government

The new Dallas Police Chief, Edgardo “Eddie” Garcia said the city needs its officers to get violent crime under control and that’s what they’d rather be doing anyway.

OurCalling’s facility at 1702 Caesar Chavez Blvd. is the main site administering the tests to Dallas’ homeless individuals seeking shelter. Tests are being administered Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-noon.

Nicholas DeCarlo is one of at least 10 North Texans facing federal charges for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

The 2020 census has thrown a wrench in the state’s redistricting process.

Brian Babin responded harshly to calls for fellow Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to be stripped of her committee assignments.

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke is considering running against Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022.

Opponents, including the police department, city officials and residents, say the sideshows are a dangerous nuisance and want them to end.

Wayne Walker, OurCalling’s executive director and pastor, says he’s completely against panhandling. He meets many people who are destroying their lives with the money they get passed out of car windows.

Camp Rhonda is named after one of its first residents. Johnny Aguinaga, the property owner, says Rhonda was the glue that held the camp’s community together. She died earlier this year. Rhonda is one of two camps. The other is called Camp Joy and it’s on another one of Aguinaga’s properties. Aguinaga said he thinks what he is doing at Camp Rhonda and Camp Joy should be legitimately considered as a solution to homelessness.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is pushing for a constitutional amendment limiting congressional term limits.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration over its 100-day deportation moratorium.

The meeting was called through a memo from council members Chad West, Paula Blackmon and Adam Bazaldua and comes after a week of back-and-forth bickering between the members and the mayor.

When it came to barriers to exiting homelessness, people said they find it hard to find a job that pays a housing wage, there’s a lack of quality affordable housing, their criminal history keeps them out of housing and it’s difficult navigating the system to get public assistance.

As Texas Democrats shed old leadership, the state’s Republicans are holding onto baseless claims of widespread election fraud.

In a statement sent to the Observer, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said there needs to be an end to the political games surrounding the roll-out of the vaccine. How and when eligible residents get the COVID-19 vaccine shouldn’t be determined by their party affiliation or their ties to elected politicians, he said.

Calls continue to mount for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to resign.

Hosanna Yemiru is not a typical Dallas City Council candidate, and she doesn’t plan on running a typical Dallas-style campaign, either. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, she was 11 when her family moved to the Dallas area, where she grew up and has made a name for herself as a…

While the nation watched in horror, Courtney Brooks got to work. On Jan. 6, the day Congress met to certify the results of the November presidential election, outgoing President Donald Trump spoke to a sea of supporters, urging them to “fight like hell” or risk losing their country. They did,…

Miscommunication between city and county officials causes drama over COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Meanwhile, the people they serve just want to be protected from the virus.

The city allocated $300,000 to fund the implementation of the program through 2024.

East Texas U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert is on the offensive after journalists misquoted him.

The vote comes as monuments dedicated to Confederate figures come down across the country and as similar efforts are pursued in North Texas.