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Op-Ed: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters
| October 25, 2024
More than nine years after he launched his first campaign for president, much of the media continues to struggle with how to cover Donald Trump. In a new op-ed, Jordan Zakarin describes the failures to hold Trump to account.

Dallas props on your ballot: From decriminalizing weed to increasing police force
| October 25, 2024
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Learn more about the propositions that will be on the ballot in Dallas.

8 exotic animals you won’t believe are legal to own in Texas
by Joey Held
| October 25, 2024
Animals like dogs, cats, and fish are commonly found in homes. For a more unique pet, check out these exotic animals you can legally own in Texas.

VIDEO: DFW voter details why it’s so important to vote blue
| October 24, 2024
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Gina Ortiz Jones’ crusade to elect 3 Democrats to the Texas Supreme Court
| October 24, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | ABORTION | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | Democrats | Election2024 | EXTREMISM | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | Supreme Court | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | VOTING IN TEXAS | women's health
Ousting anti-abortion extremists from the state's highest court is within reach, Jones says.

Op-Ed: Our economy and our planet are on the line
| October 23, 2024
As votes are cast across Texas, the future of American energy is on the ballot in the 2024 Presidential election, and the consequences matter to our pocketbooks, to our business, and to our planet. The days where climate change was some abstract concept divorced from our daily lives are over. We feel it when we […]

Op-Ed: How medical marijuana helped my grandmother through breast cancer
by Andrea Baber
| October 23, 2024
Enrolling in the Texas Compassionate Use Program is easy and can help women navigate through the daily grind of breast cancer treatment.

Trump’s former chief of staff says the former president praised Hitler and would rule like a ‘fascist’
| October 23, 2024
“I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” Trump reportedly said in a private conversation in the White House. And in an interview with The Atlantic, Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly recalled that Trump once raised the idea of needing “German generals” to him directly.

Opinion: Be a child care voter this year
by Nina Perez
| October 23, 2024
Moms know that child care is a life-shaping issue for their own families. Many are at risk of being forced onto public assistance if they can't find the affordable care that makes it possible for them to stay in the workforce. But too many moms don’t know which candidates support the solutions they need.

Here’s where to vote early in DFW
by Joi Louviere
| October 23, 2024
Find polling locations in your county.

Texas Supreme Court justice’s oversight of trust belonging to millionaire with dementia raises ethics concerns
| October 23, 2024
In January 2022, Elvie Kingston’s dementia took a turn for the worse. The 76-year-old millionaire and longtime conservative activist was declared by a doctor to be partially incapacitated, after which she signed legal documents that removed her family’s right to make decisions about her health and finances. Two years later, those powers remain almost entirely […]

What to know about this year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment
| October 23, 2024
Tens of millions of older Americans will see an increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments.