After whittling down the pool of applicants from 39 to two, a city council subcommittee has recommended that the City of Austin begin negotiations to hire Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax for the...
Legal Gambling Could Bring Texas Windfall
(The Center Square) – A bill filed by Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, would make casino gaming and sports wagering legal in the state's largest cities and tax the revenue it generates....
Local Community Center Honors Atatiana Jefferson
Fort Worth City Council unanimously voted to rename a local community center in memory of Atatiana Jefferson, capping an initiative that has been in the works for over a year. What was formerly...
Local City Council Conducts Three Big Votes
Issues from curfews to alcoholic beverage licenses were discussed in the first Fort Worth City Council meeting of the new year. With 82 items on the agenda, the council was kept busy behind the...
SCOTUS Sends Death Row Case Back to Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the reconsideration of a death row inmate's request for a new trial after the Travis County district attorney acknowledged the prosecution's use of faulty...
Vigil Honors Local Murdered Nine-Year-Old
A candlelight vigil to honor a 9-year-old allegedly killed by his father in his home brought over 200 people together in McKinney earlier this week. "We are all from different regions. But when it...
Legislature Urged to Enact Zero-Growth Budget
(The Center Square) – Fiscally conservative groups have called on the state legislature to enact a zero-growth budget and issue tax cuts to help Texans suffering from inflation after the state...
Texas Man Arrested for Fentanyl Overdoses
A Galveston man has been arrested for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced cocaine at a Christmas party. Two people who purchased the laced drugs overdosed and were pronounced dead later that night. ...
Texas Supreme Court to Decide ERCOT Liability
The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in two separate lawsuits against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the organization that operates the state's power grid. The two...
Two Brothers Sentenced for Online Dating Scams
Two brothers have each been handed a 37-month sentence for using online dating platforms to empty the bank accounts of vulnerable women in North Texas. Emanuel Stanley Orji, 36, and Frederick Orji,...
TX House Passes Hotly Debated Rules Package
AUSTIN -- After contentious debate and allegations of political underhandedness, the Texas House of Representatives passed a rules package on Wednesday that will continue to allow Democrats to hold...
Soros-Backed DA Sends Houston ‘Hero’ to Grand Jury
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg is moving to present evidence to a grand jury against a man who shot an alleged armed robber to death at a Houston taqueria last week. The 46-year-old man,...
Texas Sales Tax Yielded $4B in December
(The Center Square) – State sales tax revenue was $3.93 billion in December, a 10.5% increase from December 2021, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said. As the rate of consumer price inflation...
Dallas: Twenty of the Top 100 Busiest Roadways
Traffic gridlock costs workers productive time as the greater DFW region has 37 of the state’s 100 most congested roadways.
DFW Temperatures Break Seasonal Record
Record high temperatures are expected to impact the North Texas region this week. These unseasonably high temperatures come just weeks after a historic arctic storm struck the United States,...
Four Injured in Local ISD Demolition
Four people reportedly suffered burns in an electrical flash fire Monday morning at an unoccupied building in the Keller Independent School district. According to Keller ISD, the accident happened...
Abbott Meets Biden at Border
Gov. Greg Abbott met with President Joe Biden at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday and hand-delivered a letter demanding more federal action on border security. January 8 marked the first time Biden...
New Texas SoS Opens Legislative Session
The 115th Texas secretary of state was sworn in on January 7 at the Texas Capitol. Jane Nelson, who was elected to the state Senate in 1992, was sworn in by Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan...
Three Join Most Wanted Sex Offenders List
The Texas Department of Public Safety has updated its 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders List with new fugitives from the Rio Grande Valley, West Texas, and Northeast Texas. Rogelio Salinas, 32, Salomon...
Maternity Wards Dwindling in Rural Texas
Some rural areas in Texas were already without maternity wards, and more rural hospitals in the state have begun shutting theirs down. Such regions are now being described as “maternity deserts" by...
TxDMV Rejects Thousands of Vanity Plates
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) announced last week that it had rejected thousands of vanity license plates that did not meet its standards. Some of those plates included "2@Badash,"...