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You’re paying taxes today—but are billionaires and big corporations dodging theirs?
by Lucas Henkel
| April 15, 2025
Affordability | CHILDCARE | Community | ECONOMY | Gander | NATIONAL NEWS | TEXAS | US HOUSE | women's health
Congress is prioritizing the ultra-wealthy and corporate greed over everyday American people this tax season. Now, community organizations across the US are fighting back—here’s how you can get involved.

Meet the tent company making a fortune off Trump’s deportation plans
| April 14, 2025
CIVIL RIGHTS | diversity | Donald Trump | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | equity | EXTREMISM | funding | IMMIGRATION | old texas | politcal | political | politics | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS POLITICS | trump | US-MEXICO BORDER
Deployed Resources, a privately held tent company, is set to operate a new ICE tent camp to hold people awaiting deportation in El Paso, Texas.

Meet Dallas’ new police chief, Daniel Comeaux
| April 14, 2025
Get to know the new chief of the Dallas Police Department, Daniel Comeaux.

How Trump’s attempt to gut Planned Parenthood will hurt people across Texas
| April 11, 2025
Millions of people are losing access to family planning services. That’s because in some states, including Texas, President Donald Trump is freezing funds to Title X.

Where to wander through wildflowers in Dallas-Fort Worth
by Joey Held
| April 11, 2025
The DFW area is home to a gorgeous array of wildflowers. Follow our guide to learn the best locations to see them and some of the varieties you’ll find.

Here are 7 of some of Texas’ most strange laws
by Joi Louviere
| April 10, 2025
If you’re tuned into Texas politics, it probably doesn’t surprise you that the state has laws that don’t make any sense in 2025. There must’ve been a time when making laws was fun and easy and state leaders, as well as city governments, started throwing any rule to the wall to see if it stuck. […]

Ken Paxton jumps into US Senate race, sparking bitter GOP primary
by Matt Hennie
| April 9, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton entered the US Senate race, turning the GOP primary into an acrimonious battle with incumbent US Sen. John Cornyn.

Fair Housing Month: Discover your rights in Dallas this April
| April 9, 2025
Dallas hosts Fair Housing Roadshow in April, offering free workshops on housing rights and discrimination protections across multiple neighborhoods.

Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. That could hurt students with disabilities in Texas.
| April 8, 2025
censorship | CHILDCARE | CIVIL RIGHTS | DALLAS | diversity | Donald Trump | EDUCATION | education department | EQUALITY | equity | EXTREMISM | funding | HIGHER EDUCATION | inclusion | lawmakers | laws | national politics | old texas | politcal | political | politics | public education | schools | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS | trump
In a state with a checkered history with federal special education law, advocates say Texas students will see an erosion of their disability rights protections. As the Trump administration pushes to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, advocates for students with disabilities worry that, without federal oversight, Texas will fail to provide adequate special education services to the children who need them.

Is your Dallas neighborhood a heat island?
| April 8, 2025
Dallas officials hope a 2024 climate study can help create strategies to combat heat islands — a phenomenon that has left some neighborhoods in the city up to 12 degrees warmer than other areas during the summer months.

Texas Republicans take aim at public transit in two major cities
| April 7, 2025
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | DALLAS | DFW | FORT WORTH | funding | INFRASTRUCTURE | lawmakers | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS ECONOMY | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | TRANSPORTATION
The Texas Legislature is considering bills that transit officials warn could hamper public transportation in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions.

VIDEO: ‘Fire who? Elon Musk’ — Thousands of people rally at Texas Capitol
by Matt Hennie
| April 5, 2025
Thousands of people crowded the south lawn of the Texas Capitol on Saturday to rally against President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.