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Dallas News (blog)
January 29, 2018
Gov. Greg Abbott's proposal to cap property tax revenue at 2.5 percent for school districts, cities and counties has a basic premise: "Provide one simple method by which taxpayers are protected from excessive increases in their tax burden." But the method for funding Texas school districts is anything butÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 29, 2018
As the engagement editor for The Dallas Morning News, I spend a lot of time thinking about how algorithms and technologies created in Silicon Valley are shaping our relationships. That's why I've put together this guide to help you make sure you're finding the information you need from sources you trustÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
January 29, 2018
A man and his wife have been jailed in Rockwall County after he was accused of selling a girl for sex, according to WFAA-TV (Channel 8).
. Steve Marks, 31, was arrested Wednesday, WFAA reported. Charged with purchasing or selling a child for sex, he is being held at the Rockwall County Jail withÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
January 29, 2018
An Irving man is in critical condition after a sand tunnel collapsed on him at a beach in St. Augustine, Fla. The St. John's County Sheriff's Office confirmed the man is Lee Goggin, who lives in Irving, according to online records. Goggin's sister wrote on Facebook that he had been digging a tunnel in the sandÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 29, 2018
Two people were killed Sunday morning after a truck crashed into another vehicle that was stopped at an ATM in Saginaw, officials said. About 9:30 a.m., William Harrell's Ford F250 crossed the southbound lanes of the 1000 block of North Saginaw Boulevard, went across a grass median and traveled intoÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 29, 2018
“The intensity of support and breadth of that support is really encouraging,” O'Rourke said in an interview with The Dallas Morning News. “Money is not the most important thing, but it is important, and it will be critical to our chances in the upcoming primary in March and the election.” The outgoingÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 29, 2018
I keep seeing the new police chief without a uniform. Is becoming a Dallas police chief that hard? The question was submitted through Curious Texas, an ongoing project from The Dallas Morning News to incorporate readers into our reporting process. The idea is simple: You submit questions, and ourÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
January 29, 2018
One of the last vacant sites on the tollway in Plano's Legacy business park is getting a new high-rise complex. The planned development at the northeast corner of Headquarters Drive and the Dallas North Tollway will include two office towers and a luxury hotel. Construction on the high-rise project, calledÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 28, 2018
Johnny Manziel never saw the inside of a Dallas County jail cell — the former NFL quarterback was freed minutes after turning himself in on a domestic assault charge. Two people arrested in a woman's murder were out within a day. And a man accused of shooting up a tire shop in a hate crime, killing aÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
January 23, 2018
It was race-based. But we also have to acknowledge the intersection between race and economics. These two types of segregation are largely the same issue. Opportunity Dallas' executive director Mike Koprowski at an editorial board meeting at The Dallas Morning News in Dallas, on February 13, 2015.
Dallas News
January 23, 2018
The man who brutally raped and murdered 18-year-old Zoe Hastings in October 2015 has been sentenced to life in prison. A Dallas County jury took less than seven minutes to sentence Antonio Cochran, 37, on Monday. The same jury convicted Cochran of murder, a lesser charge than he was on trial for,ÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
January 23, 2018
Developers opened more new apartments in the Dallas area than any metro area in the country last year. Almost 28,000 new rental units opened their doors last year, according to a new report by Richardson-based RealPage, a leading provider of property-management software. New York City wasÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
January 23, 2018
Lawyers for 14 of the 128 Democratic candidates that the Dallas County GOP is trying to have removed from the March primary ballot have asked a court to dismiss the case. According to a document filed late Monday on behalf of 14 candidates threatened with removal from the ballot, the Dallas CountyÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 22, 2018
Dallas County Republicans have filed a lawsuit to have 128 Democrats kicked off the March 6 primary ballot. The lawsuit, filed in Dallas County late Friday, contends that Dallas County Democratic Party chairwoman Carol Donovan didn't sign the petitions of 128 Democratic Party candidates before sendingÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 22, 2018
Kroger has stepped up closings of unprofitable stores including one that had been open for less than two years in Plano. At the same time, Kroger is still opening new stores and investing in new technology. It's bringing Scan, Bag, Go self-checkout system to 19 North Texas stores beginning in March.
Dallas News (blog)
January 22, 2018
A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized Monday morning after a shooting at a school in the Ellis County town of Italy. A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody, the Ellis County Sheriff's Office said. The suspect was a student who left the Italy High building immediately after firing several shots with a .380-caliberÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 2, 2018
An Irving family escaped without injury after a small gas explosion rocked their house early Monday. The Irving Fire Department was called about 9 p.m. Sunday to investigate a gas odor near West Northgate Drive and North O'Connor Road, but wind prevented them from pinpointing the source of the smell,ÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 2, 2018
WASHINGTON — The 2018 midterms could be a bloodbath for Republicans. That was the message the party's national chairwoman delivered to the White House recently. "Bloodbath" is not a term used lightly among political strategists. And that was even before Democrats snatched a Senate seat inÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 2, 2018
The Gregorian calendar year ended Sunday. That means the the end of the lunar year is also coming up. Traditional lunar calendars continue to be used in Asia, Africa and Europe to determine religious festivals and national holidays. In 2018, the lunar or Chinese new year will be celebrated Feb. 16.
Dallas News
January 2, 2018
Dallas County started the new year with the swearing-in of Marian Brown as the interim sheriff during a midnight ceremony at the Frank Crowley Courts Building on Monday morning. Dallas County commissioners selected Brown to serve after Lupe Valdez stepped down to run for Texas governor. Brown, 52ÃÂ ...
Dallas News
November 5, 2017
... including the mayor — and their families owned at least 25 properties inside the zone, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News found.
Dallas News
November 5, 2017
Police say a Fort Worth man who wrote to a judge while in jail earlier this year, saying, "I'm not a bad guy" has admitted to strangling and ...
Dallas News
November 5, 2017
A woman was fatally shot in the head early Sunday at an apartment complex in Far East Dallas, police say. The woman, whose name was not ...
Dallas News
November 5, 2017
Dallas police are looking for the person who shot a man at a home in Pleasant Grove. The man, whose name was not released, was wounded ...
Dallas News
November 5, 2017
At least 26 people have been killed and more than a dozen were wounded Sunday after a gunman opened fire at a Baptist church in ...
Dallas News
November 4, 2017
... Associates were transferred to Jenkins' own firm, Jenkins & Jenkins, P.C., according to records Long provided to The Dallas Morning News.
Dallas News (blog)
November 2, 2017
A man who was stabbed early Thursday in South Dallas told police his attacker was acting strange before the assault, police said. The man ...
Dallas News
November 1, 2017
Two teenagers accused in a string of armed robberies of pizza delivery drivers may also be connected to home burglaries in Denton, police ...
Dallas News (blog)
November 1, 2017
WASHINGTON -- The delayed rollout of the House GOP's long-awaited tax overhaul could be a blip on a congressional calendar that's often ...
Dallas News
November 1, 2017
A Collin County restaurant has found itself mired in controversy over bathroom doors that critics say are transphobic. The door displays at ...
Dallas News
October 31, 2017
The parent company of The Dallas Morning News is selling its daily newspaper in Denton and an advertising partnership business that it ...
Dallas News
October 31, 2017
In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Hensarling said he was not seeking re-election because of the "oldest reason in the book:"Â ...
Dallas News (blog)
October 30, 2017
Proceeds from the sale of parking lots in downtown Dallas helped A. H. Belo Corporation, parent of The Dallas Morning News, swing from a ...
Dallas News (blog)
September 6, 2017
A new grocery store that befuddled Irving residents as it sat unopened since late last year is finally coming to life. Austin-based Whole Foods'ÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
September 6, 2017
MEXICO CITY -- The second round of talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement has ended amid resistance toÃÂ ...
Dallas News
September 6, 2017
Every day, Nereyda Rangel sings to her daughter in a hospital room at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth. They are songs inÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
September 6, 2017
Two decades ago, Harris County planners predicted with chilling accuracy just how devastating a storm like Hurricane Harvey would be to theÃÂ ...
Dallas News
September 6, 2017
As Texas deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, organizers have canceled President Donald Trump's Dallas fundraising event that wasÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
September 6, 2017
The Dallas Morning News offers internships in local news, business news, features, editorial and sports. Internships are also available at ourÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
September 4, 2017
Mexican crews could reach Texas on Monday or Tuesday to help with hurricane recovery efforts, an official says. Texas Gov. Greg AbbottÃÂ ...
Dallas News
August 25, 2017
The Navy confirmed Thursday that John "CJ" Hoagland, 20, of Killeen and Abraham Lopez, 39, of El Paso were missing. Hoagland is anÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
August 25, 2017
The process to evacuate ten infants from the neonatal intensive care unit of Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi and bring them toÃÂ ...
Dallas News
August 25, 2017
AUSTIN — The Sons of Confederate Veterans group is suing the University of Texas at Austin for the second time in three years over theÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
August 25, 2017
Updated at 3:05 p.m. with Sports Business Daily report on financial details of the Rangers-Globe Life deal. ARLINGTON — The Texas Rangers'ÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
August 24, 2017
In a statement to The Dallas Morning News, the Pilot Point Republican acknowledged the president's comments as "one of the hallmarks of ourÃÂ ...
Dallas News
August 24, 2017
A Plano company told local doctors that it could help them get a whole lot of money from health insurance companies. That didn't happenÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
August 19, 2017
After more than a year of false starts and failed votes, Dallas ISD won't be asking taxpayers for more money after all. On Friday night, theÃÂ ...
Dallas News
August 19, 2017
“I plan on playing a role on trying to get as many of the Republicans unseated as possible,” Herbst told The Dallas Morning News. “I've hadÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
August 19, 2017
Dallas Morning News Publisher Jim Moroney will receive the James Madison Award from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas nextÃÂ ...
D Magazine
August 19, 2017
September 8th will be my 30th anniversary at The Dallas Morning News. In three decades, some things have changed but others have not.
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