A little-used state program is enabling landowners to set aside water for ecosystems in a system built on strong private property rights.
To combat the “summer slide,” a network of about 600 community partners created a robust summer environment throughout the Dallas area to help improve students’ academic and social-emotional development.
The law goes into effect on Sept. 1 but it’s still unclear how officials will respond or how many local government laws will become illegal. Dallas has declined to say whether the city is preparing a lawsuit against the state.
Just 19 percent of the Dallas Police Department’s sworn officers are women, but they hope to establish a support system for each other and to fight the industry’s culture of harassment and sexism.
Dallas County is locking up minors for months longer than national standards recommend and administering more punitive rulings than other counties. Families worry their children are locked inside for most of the day.
“Only the Sahara Desert and Persian Gulf area will be as hot or hotter than the Lone Star State” as a heat dome covers large swaths of the state, bringing temperatures well above 100 degrees.
A new state law increases what SNAP applicants’ vehicles can be worth before they’re disqualified for federal food assistance. But most states don’t take car values into consideration at all.
Texas is the most recent state in which regulators have not required companies to offer their outdoor employees rest breaks with shade and water. Heat causes the most deaths of any extreme weather.
Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed a law establishing a new state emergency alert system called Athena Alert. Here’s a breakdown of the differences between an Athena Alert, Amber Alert, Clear Alert and more.
Public arrest data from 2018 to 2022 revealed that Black people made up 69 percent of arrests for possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana, but they make up about 24 percent of Dallas’ population.
The electricity agency has issued a warning of higher demand on the state’s power infrastructure this weekend as temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees in North Texas. But there have not been predicted outages or a call for conserving power.
Housing leaders and experts worry that tenants are disadvantaged when inspection reports are discarded so quickly, but city officials say keeping older information isn’t relevant to the properties’ current states.
The Texas attorney general has been impeached for accepting bribes, but his case speaks to the broader importance of AG offices across the country.
The governor, lieutenant governor and other lawmakers engaged in policymaking debates over Twitter, publicly exposing fractures in the state’s GOP. No deals were made before the session ended.
GOP state lawmakers are exerting pressure on local election officials in left-leaning areas.
The bill would have given young offenders the opportunity to apply for parole after 30 years in prison, a full 10 years less than the law currently allows. State Sen. Drew Springer’s bill will not advance after he explained it wrong.
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