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  Jury Gets the Case in Dawes Cop Shooting Trial

  February 12 at 4 a.m.

  A Dallas County jury is deliberating whether to make former Dallas Police Department officer Christopher Hess the third DFW police officer sent to prison for an on-duty police shooting in as many years. Hess shot 12 times at Genevive Dawes, hitting her five times and killing her on Jan. 18,...

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  Atmos Requests Record Rate Hike

  February 12 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas' natural gas provider, Atmos, is requesting an $18 million rate hike. It's the biggest yet and comes on the heels of a protracted pricing dispute with the city. Atmos claims the rate increase is necessary to fund the replacement of the city's aging pipeline network. It will raise consumer bills...

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  Texas Sues California Over Travel Ban. Not That One, the Other One.

  February 11 at 4 a.m.

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, forever at war with affordable healthcare, women's personal autonomy and reality, added a new foe to his list Monday afternoon: California. Three years after the fact, Paxton is making his objection to the Golden State's ban on state-paid travel to Texas his office's newest cause célèbre,...

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  Dallas Gets Sued: A Recent History

  February 10 at 4 a.m.

  Thursday afternoon, Dallas got hit with a punch that's been on its way for long time. A Dallas County jury found that the city, thanks in large part to former city manager Mary Suhm, owes drilling company Trinity East somewhere between $23 and $33 million for accepting $19 million from...

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  Dallas Loses Long Fight With Trinity East Over Drilling in Parks

  February 7 at 4 a.m.

  Finally, after a court case that's moved up and down the appellate ladder in fits and starts since 2014, Dallas is going to have to pay Trinity East back for all those drilling rights the city never let the energy company use. Thursday afternoon, according to The Dallas Morning News'...

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  Neighbors Set To Sue Dallas over Reverchon Park Deal

  February 7 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas' Reverchon Park fight, already voted on twice by the Dallas City Council, isn't over. Thursday afternoon, a group of the park's neighbors announced a lawsuit intended to stop the city's deal to give the reins of the park to a private group led by Dallas Mavericks executive Donnie Nelson...