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  This Goes on Your Permanent Record: Grading Mike Rawlings’ 2 Terms as Mayor

  June 18 at 4 a.m.

  When Mike Rawlings took his spot at the center of Dallas City Council's horseshoe-shaped table, the 2011 World Series had yet to break local sports fans’ hearts, Rick Perry was still governor of Texas and Deep Ellum was still Deep Ellum. By remaining mayor until Eric Johnson took the oath...

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  A Car Wash Congregation Chants the Bible and Sings ‘Lay my Burden Down’

  June 17 at 4 a.m.

  On a clear day last week, about 100 people gathered in the chapel of Lott’s Mortuary on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Dallas to mourn the death of Sheila Davenport Sanders. Sanders, 56, was shot in the back June 2 in a crossfire at Jim’s Car Wash two...

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  8 Times Pastor Robert Jeffress Was a Stooge for Donald Trump

  June 17 at 4 a.m.

  First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress took to the airwaves Friday to make one thing clear: He and the rest of President Donald Trump's evangelical backers aren't being used by the president. “I agree 100 percent that no pastor should be a stooge for a political party or for a...

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  Deep Ellum’s Jack Mason Store Is Taking Donations for Those Displaced by Crane Collapse

  June 14 at 4 a.m.

  Last weekend's storms wreaked havoc in North Texas, and while many people were indirectly forced out of their homes because of a loss of electricity, the residents of the Elan City Lights were literally forced out of their apartments after a crane crashed into the building. The complex's management deemed...

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  Texas Rep. Morgan Meyer Helps Make Unsolicited Dick Pics a Crime

  June 13 at 4 a.m.

  Kanye West put it best when he rapped, "I sent this bitch a picture of my dick / I don't know what it is with females / But I'm not too good at that shit." Thanks to a bill from Texas state Rep. Morgan Meyer that Gov. Greg Abbott signed...

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  Will Dallas Mayor’s Office Be a Political Dead End for Johnson?

  June 12 at 11:05 a.m.

  If he's anything, Dallas mayor-elect Eric Johnson is an ambitious guy. He's got degrees from Harvard, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, and took his seat in the Texas House of Representatives before turning 40. In the legislature, he's sought out high-profile fights, sparring over things like criminal justice reform,...