Politics & Government

Council members say there’s not a lot the city can do about legitimate offers from investors to buy people’s homes, regardless of how frequent they are.

Backlogs at the city’s permitting office are putting an extra strain on Dallas developments. Improvements are in the works, but the permitting process is already keeping some businesses out of the Big D.

Last month, Dallas City Council members had mixed feelings about expanding a ‘no cruising’ ordinance to reduce sex trafficking and prostitution. But, after seeing enforcement of the ordinance first hand, they had a change of heart.

Problems with the city’s online portal for submitting and processing permits have persisted since it was launched last year. The pandemic made things worse.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the latest Republican to showcase their support for President Donald Trump.

Dallas’ nuisance abatement enforcement has come into question over the years, but it hasn’t stopped the city from trying to get property owners to do the job of the police: fighting crime.

The Dallas Police Department says that there are as many as 2000 street racers in the city on any given weekend. The department has stepped up enforcement, but the city wants to do more.

Gov. Greg Abbott may have endorsed her opponent, but state Senate hopeful Shelley Luther is still confident she’ll win.

The Tarrant County GOP is quite agitated the county has been cast as “blue” after the Nov. 3 general election. As mail-in ballots trickled in after Election Day, the seesaw tipped ever so slightly Democratic under the weight of about 1,826 more votes cast for the Biden/Harris ticket than Trump/Pence…

Matthew McConaughey could move into the Texas governor’s mansion in 2022 if he plays his cards right.

Dallas’ digital divide may begin to narrow soon.

Monday, the Senate Chamber Review Committee discussed the future of three Confederate paintings hanging in the Texas Senate Chamber.

While most Texas Republicans continue to support the Trump campaign’s claims of voter fraud, others have begun to distance themselves from the president.

Dallas kept growing, but it’s police department didn’t. Some say this is why the police need the state’s help with violent crime.

Monday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz condemned a Democratic colleague for wearing a mask, sparking outrage on social media.

In 2013, the Arlington Police Department began experimenting with a then-novel way of looking at crime. With money from a National Institute of Justice grant and in partnership with academic criminologists, Arlington used Risk Terrain Modeling, a data analysis tool, to combine existing crime reports with geographic information in hope…

Republican Beaumont state Rep. Dade Phelan is likely to become the next speaker of the Texas House.

In Dallas, communities have been working to clean up their own streets for decades.

In their efforts to remove Shingle Mountain, the result of Dallas’ racist zoning practices, activists are faced with more racism.

Texas Congressman Lance Gooden is just one of the Texas Republicans who jumped on the bandwagon spewing unsubstantiated claims of fraud and casting doubt on the results of the presidential election, which the Alternative Press declared Joe Biden the winner of.

Last week, as it became clear that Joe Biden won the presidential election, social media platforms suddenly had new vibes. While Twitter was like a Super Bowl parade, Facebook was more of a sad prayer circle. Then, by Saturday, it was clear the latter was experiencing a bit of a…

Cruising is defined in the city code as passing through “the same traffic control point within a no cruising zone three times within any two-hour period.” A person can be ticketed up to $500 for cruising in one of these zones. Some think this will put a dent in Dallas’ prostitution and sex trafficking problem. Others say it would result in widespread racial profiling.