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  Texas Is One Signature Away From Ending Its Most Universally Unpopular Program

  May 16 at 4 a.m.

  Texas' loathed Driver Responsibility Program is hanging on by a thread. Wednesday afternoon, the Texas Senate voted 31-0 to kill the long-standing program, leaving it one Gov. Greg Abbott signature from death. The program imposes surcharges on those drivers who do things like driving without a licence or driving under...

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  Southwest Airlines Suspends 737 Max 8 Flights Through Early August

  April 15 at 4 a.m.

  Southwest Airlines is suspending flights aboard the Boeing 737 Max 8 through Aug. 5, the Dallas-based airline announced last week. Aviation officials grounded the aircraft in March after two of the jets crashed in the last year — in October, when a Lion Air flight crashed into the Java Sea...

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  Lyft Brings New Fleet of Scooters to Dallas, With Social Justice Twist

  March 28 at 6 a.m.

  Just when you thought Dallas couldn't possibly use another scooter on its streets, Lyft is getting in on the game, the Uber competitor plans to announce later today. The company's dockless scooters will be available throughout the city, both for on-demand riding and through the company's ride-hailing app, which will...

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  Texas GOP Lawmakers Clash With Law Enforcement on Red Light Cameras

  March 27 at 11:58 a.m.

  On most issues, there is no bridge that's too far between Texas' Republican majority and law enforcement officers in the state. Whether it's the state's slow-to-change drug laws or special protections for peace officers, the Texas GOP loves to defer to its cops, positioning itself as the state's law-and-order party...

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  DART Doing Everything It Can to Fix One of Its Biggest Problems

  March 14 at 4 a.m.

  There are few worse feelings for a North Texas transit commuter than the one that often hits just as they step off of one of DART's climate-controlled light-rail cars and onto the platform at one of the agency's more far-flung train stations: "How fricking long is it going to be...

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  Finally, for One of Dallas’ Oldest Traffic Headaches, Light at the End of the Tunnel

  March 11 at 4 a.m.

  If at any point over the last seven years you've found yourself on the east side of downtown Dallas, you've encountered it — the quagmire of detour signs, potholes and uneven pavement that have accompanied Dallas' quest to fix up Pearl Expressway and Cesar Chavez Boulevard on the eastern edge...