The Federal Reserve approved a 0.25% increase in March, the ninth rate hike in the last year and one of the most intensely questioned increases in the Fed's ongoing fight against inflation. Fed...
Abbott Defends Election Audit on Fox News
Fox News host Chris Wallace invited Governor Greg Abbott to appear on his show Sunday morning to discuss the current audit of four Texas County’s 2020 election results and then proceeded to ask him...
By Shawn Cregar | Sep 29, 2021
Texas Federal Reserve Chairman Resigns After Accusations
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released a statement on Monday, September 27, stating that President and CEO Rob Kaplan will retire from his position on October 8. In recent weeks, Kaplan has...
Study: Texas State Finances Worsened, Officials Need a Balanced Budget
Texas state finances worsened for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2020 despite CARES Act federal funding, according to a new study issued by a nonprofit, nonpartisan financial think tank which ranks...
By Edgar James | Sep 28, 2021
Female Athletes Express Pro-Abortion Support to Supreme Court
Over 500 female athletes from all walks of sport recently filed a formal brief to the Supreme Court against the Texas and Mississippi anti-abortion laws. Women's sports stars such as soccer captain...
Activists Aims to Abolish Capital Punishment
The death penalty dates back thousands of years and has been used since before recorded history. Although, as a society, we have moved away from the more gruesome methods, the death penalty is still...
Dallas Unveils Ethics Reform Proposal
On Monday, Mayor Eric Johnson revealed a sweeping ethics reform proposal produced by a task force he created to fight 'city corruption.' Focusing on the task force’s recommendations, the goal is to...
Cruz and Senators Call on Biden to Answer for Afghanistan Withdrawal
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a letter sent to President Joe Biden requesting answers for numerous instances of lax oversight, improper planning, and dangerous decision-making in executing the...
Mesquite Names Park After Former Mayor
For a decade, Mike Anderson led Mesquite to new economic heights. Now Mesquite is honoring Anderson for future decades by naming a park after the longtime mayor. On Monday, Mesquite council...
Mesquite City Council Votes to Continue Juvenile Curfew Ordinance
Since 1994, Mesquite has lived under an ordinance that makes it unlawful for people under seventeen to be in any public place or establishment from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and...
By Mary Dada | Sep 25, 2021
Cheney Coming to Dallas
Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney is taking her campaign for re-election on the road and coming to Dallas. According to Team Cheney, the congresswoman “has been a proven constitutional conservative...
U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Texas to Resign
The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Prerak Shah, has announced that he will resign from his post on Oct. 1. Shah has been the acting U.S. attorney since January 2021, taking...
Dallas Police Overtime Funding Restored in Biggest Ever Budget
The city of Dallas approved its biggest ever budget for the next fiscal year on Wednesday, Sept. 22. A record $4.35 billion Dallas city budget received final approval and will be in effect on Oct....
By Mary Dada | Sep 24, 2021
Del Rio Migrant Crisis Leads to US Deporting Haitians
On Thursday in Southwest Texas, thousands of migrants from Haiti and South America began to rest in the shade of the Del Rio International Bridge. Soon, the situation began to worsen as the number...
Abbott Green Lights Border Security Funding
Gov. Greg Abbott traveled to the Fort Worth Police Officers Association (FWPOA) headquarters to sign a landmark law that funds border security. On Sept. 17, Abbott signed House Bill 9 into law,...
Texas AG Joins Coalition, Challenges Vaccine Mandate
Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined 23 other state attorneys general urging President Joe Biden not to enforce an order that requires private-sector employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine or risk...
Bank Warns Texans Could Feel the Impact of Debt Limit Default
The average Dallas resident won’t be spared if the U.S. Government defaults on its debt. “In the event there is a big financial shock and tightening of conditions, that could trickle down and...
By Edgar James | Sep 19, 2021
FBI Investigating Dallas PD’s Massive Data Loss
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now investigating the Dallas Police Departments’ massive data loss. Officials revealed that some files, around 22 terabytes of data, were deleted from the...
By Mary Dada | Sep 17, 2021
DPD Say Violent Crime Reduced in Areas of Focus
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said violent crimes have gone down in targeted areas since he and his department implemented a Violent Crime Reduction Plan ninety days ago. Officials said on Monday...
By Mary Dada | Sep 16, 2021
Dallas City Council Member Not Penalized
The Dallas City Council has voted not to take any action against a member who violated its ethics code after posting a Facebook comment saying a constituent sounded foolish. Adam Bazaldua’s Facebook...
By Mary Dada | Sep 16, 2021
Now Texas Feels the Inflation
Texas is feeling inflation. What's causing it? One possible cause is the involvement of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Don’t get me wrong, there...