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Next Generation Action Network Founder Turns Down Plea Deal

Next Generation Action Network leader Dominique Alexander refused a plea deal Thursday in Denton County to serve four years in prison for a felony theft charge out of Flower Mound. An Oak Cliff native, Alexander has become one of the faces of the protest movement in Dallas. He's best known...
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Best New Music in Dallas

Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Leon Bridges — “Bad Bad News” March delivered all the news Leon Bridges fans have been clamoring for. Fort Worth’s soulful crooner will be releasing his sophomore album, Good Thing, on May 4. He...
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First Highland Park CHODO, an Absolutely Brilliant Idea

Sometimes, Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston is just flat brilliant. When? I don’t know. But sometimes he is. Yesterday, he gave me an idea that I think may be the kernel of an important national story about the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, although it starts very...
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Best Things To Do in Dallas This Weekend

Friday One of Dallas’ premier craft beer events, Big Texas Beer Fest, is back for its seventh go-round and its third iteration as a two-day event. If you’re a local beer geek, you’ve probably been to a few, run through a 12-sample card or two, fueled up on food-truck grub...
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Census Immigration Questions Could Cost Texas a Bunch of Money

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the 2020 census will include questions about immigration status for the first time since 1950. The policy change, supported by Texas officials including Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. Ted Cruz, could have a tremendous effect of the Texas' already...
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Family of Girl Killed in February Gas Explosion Sues Atmos

Atmos Energy failed to respond to service calls and failed to fix a haphazard system of pipes surrounding the home of a 12-year-old girl killed in a gas explosion last month, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her family Thursday in Dallas County. Linda Michelle Rogers' family is...
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From Oil Money to UFOs, Disco, TX Celebrates a Year of Over-the-Top Themes

One year ago, DJ Blake Ward had an idea partially inspired by the music of late seventies New York club culture as seen on the popular Netflix musical drama show The Get Down. Between the dominance of house music (affectionally nicknamed Disco’s Revenge) and hip-hop in modern Dallas dance clubs, it's the perfect time to revisit the roots of these music cultures on...
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HUD City Hall Probe To End With Findings of Wrongdoing and Fakery

Here’s the straight news story: According to multiple reliable sources speaking off the record, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General will soon conclude a yearlong probe of Dallas City Hall with findings of financial wrongdoing in the city’s housing and economic development departments. Here’s...