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11/12/2022

A fuel pump fire halted flights into DFW International Airport Friday morning, pairing with thunderstorms to hamper air travel.

08/15/2020

Biden is supposedly targeting Texas — but you wouldn’t know it from Democratic convention lineup

The convention kicks off on Monday, and top Texas Democrats feel snubbed by the Biden campaign and national party. The convention lacks any showcase for a state that's as close to turning blue as it has been in decades. “Does the DNC and the national Democratic Party get how important Texas is? The short answer is no,” former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke told our Gromer Jeffers during Friday's taping of Lone Star Politics on KXAS-TV (NBC5). State Democratic chairman Gilberto Hinojosa is fuming: “Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country," he told me. "There’s a remarkable list of Texas leaders that should be front and center.... We are concerned; we have made inquiries.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/08/14/biden-is-supposedly-targeting-texas-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-from-democratic-convention-lineup/

WASHINGTON – If you pay very close attention during the eight prime time hours of the Democratic convention that starts Monday night, you’ll spot a Texan...

04/23/2019

Major h**p bill that redefines ma*****na about to be debated in Texas House.

06/27/2018

Texas judge Don Willett is back under consideration to be Trump's next Supreme Court pick

Willett previously served on the Texas Supreme Court. He also shares Trump's affection for Twitter -- 108,000 accounts follow his tweets on topics including Texas culinary habits, the Oxford comma and dogs.

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement creates the possibility that President Donald Trump will nominate a Texan for the...

06/27/2018

House overwhelmingly rejects immigration bill despite Trump's call to pass it

The depth of GOP opposition was an embarrassing showing for Trump and a rebuff of House GOP leaders, who'd postponed the vote twice and proposed changes in hopes of driving up the vote for a measure that seemed doomed from the start.

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House rejected a far-ranging immigration bill on Wednesday despite its eleventh-hour endorsement by President...

06/27/2018

House bill changing requirements for food stamps jeopardizes benefits for 125,000 Texans

Texas food banks are concerned about the immediate effect of the proposed changes.

“We are already operating at full capacity,” said Valerie Stone Hawthorne of the North Texas Food Bank, which provided 70 million meals last year. “The supply that we have will never meet the demand.”

WASHINGTON -- The farm bill that passed the U.S. House by just two votes last week could force 125,000 Texans off food stamps in the next few...

06/27/2018

Texas company burdened by metal tariffs sues Trump administration

"Why can't he decide tomorrow that whiskey is a national security issue? Or eyeglasses? Or underwear? How ridiculous can we get?" Chuck Scianna, Sim-Tex's president, told The Dallas Morning News earlier this month.

WASHINGTON — A Texas company is suing the Trump administration to overturn steep metal tariffs imposed earlier this year.Waller-based Sim-Tex, a...

06/27/2018

HUD approves $5 billion for Texas' Hurricane Harvey housing relief

The largest sum — just over $1 billion — will help homeowners with rehabilitation and reconstruction. Another $100 million will reimburse homeowners for up to $50,000 of repairs. The grant also includes $275 million for homeowners to sell their homes to the government.

WASHINGTON -- Texas will receive $5 billion in federal housing aid to help residents recover from Hurricane Harvey.The grant, announced Monday by...

06/27/2018

Ivanka Trump donates $50,000 to Plano's Prestonwood church to aid its campaign to help migrant children

Pastor Jack Graham said Ivanka Trump first learned about the church's campaign after he tweeted last Tuesday that he is trying to find a solution to the "terrible immigration crisis" emerging on the state's southern border.

As the president's zero-tolerance policy continues to face immense backlash across the country, his daughter Ivanka Trump donated $50,000 last week...

06/27/2018

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy retires, and Trump gets shot at moving court to the right

A Republican appointee who has long been a swing vote on the court, he has held the key vote on such high-profile issues as abortion, affirmative action, gay rights, guns, campaign finance and voting rights.

WASHINGTON-- President Donald Trump will get a second Supreme Court pick and the opportunity to cement conservative control of the court, with...

06/27/2018

The Dallas Morning News

Delegates from the Texas Republican Party met to decide on the policies that would drive their efforts for the next two years. There were a number of new additions, including a more progressive stance on ma*****na.

How do you feel about the direction of the party?

More: https://buff.ly/2KbAB6g

06/27/2018

Pain & Profit: Texas health agency beefs up oversight of Medicaid companies as House inquiry begins

The state agency charged with providing health care to millions of vulnerable Texans will hire about a 100 new regulators, including nurses to check on patients in their homes, after a Dallas Morning News investigation exposed how private companies make billions while they deny or delay crucial services and medical equipment.

AUSTIN – The state agency charged with providing health care to millions of vulnerable Texans will hire about a 100 new regulators, including...

06/27/2018

The Dallas Morning News

Delegates from the Texas Democratic Party recently met to decide on the policies that would fuel their work for the next two years. There are a few new additions, including opposing Trump "zero-tolerance" policy on immigration.

How do you feel about the direction of the party?

More: https://buff.ly/2tDCu0N

06/26/2018

Today marks 15 years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on homosexual conduct, invalidating anti-sodomy laws in Texas and 13 other states.

Join us for a live panel of experts, activists and politicians who have shaped rights in Texas.

Background on Lawrence vs. Texas: https://t.co/NRF1s51UWT

Videos of conversations with Texans: https://t.co/CLpaxnWDO2

06/21/2018

Immigrant children separated from their parents at the Texas border: Views, news and images

Find comprehensive coverage of the family separations at the Texas border here.

Dallas News: your source for breaking news and analysis for Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and around the world. Read it here, first.

06/18/2018

The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News

About 200 children are in custody in Tornillo now, but with the capacity for thousands, many more could arrive in the days and weeks ahead, O'Rourke said.

06/18/2018

The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News

"I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart," former first lady Laura Bush writes.

06/14/2018

Joe Barton gives way to Roger Williams in changing of the GOP baseball guard

Tonight's the night for the annual Congressional baseball game between Democrats and Republicans. There's a changing of the guard taking place for the Republicans, with Ennis Rep. Joe Barton's retirement from Congress this year. He's handing the reins to Austin Rep. Roger Williams, a former TCU baseball player and coach, Gromer Jeffers reports.

The leadership of the Republican congressional baseball team will remain in the hands of a Texan.Rep. Joe Barton, the retiring GOP lawmaker from...

06/14/2018

'In command and ... enjoying the moment': Greg Abbott heads to convention to unite Texas GOP

We have three reporters at the Texas Republican Convention in San Antonio through Saturday. Here's a look from Gromer Jeffers at what Greg Abbott's role in the party.

SAN ANTONIO--Greg Abbott has everything going his way.On Friday, the Texas governor will enter the state Republican Convention in the best...

06/09/2018

Beto O'Rourke

Beto O'Rourke went block walking in South Dallas today with Dallas Rep. Eric Johnson. The Dallas Morning News' Gromer Jeffers was there to cover it for a story he's writing next week.

Then O'Rourke traveled to Cooke County, the last of his 254-county trip across Texas. Washington correspondent Katie Leslie wrote about the state of the race between him and Sen. Ted Cruz here: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/06/08/beto-orourke-ispoised-check-254-texas-counties-miles-go-unseat-ted-cruz

Going door to door in south Dallas

06/03/2018

The Dallas Morning News

Parts 1 and 2 of this eye-opening series are live. Part 3 lands tomorrow. If you want to start reading but don't have time to finish, there's a way to save your place for later.

He was born three months too early, unable to breathe or eat on his own. But after a year of intense care in a foster home in Mesquite, D’ashon Morris had grown into a bright-eyed toddler who loved to cuddle and crawl.

That was before a giant health care company decided he didn’t need round-the-clock nursing care to keep him from suffocating. The decision would save Superior HealthPlan as much as $500 a day — and cost D’ashon everything.

Read Part 1 of Pain & Profit, a Dallas Morning News investigation.

06/01/2018

The Dallas Morning News

This series, more than a year in the making, shines a light on how Texas treats disabled people, sick children and others who can't advocate for themselves. It's a must-read this Sunday in The Dallas Morning News. If you don't subscribe yet, visit https://join.dallasnews.com/greatoffer.

Coming Sunday: Pain & Profit, a multipart Dallas Morning News investigation into the way Texas treats fragile people who rely on Medicaid, the government insurance program for the poor and disabled.

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05/23/2018

Who's left in races to replace 3 longtime North Texas Republicans quitting Congress?

Read here to find out the winners of races to replace Reps. Jeb Hensarling, Sam Johnson and Joe Barton, as well as Texas congressmen across the state.

This post will be updated as votes are tallied.Four runoff races Tuesday will make clear who will replace three retiring North Texas Republicans in...

05/23/2018

DeSoto's Sherman, Mesquite's Metzger lead Dallas County runoffs for Texas House seats

Residents of southern Dallas County chose Carl Sherman as their first new state representative in a quarter-century in Tuesday's Democratic runoff.

Republicans, meanwhile, picked Deanna Maria Metzger as their hope for regaining a Dallas-Garland-Mesquite district the party lost in 2016.

Carl Sherman had a solid foot in the door as residents of southern Dallas County picked their first new state representative in a quarter-century...

05/23/2018

Dallas candidate who promised to reward kids for marrying white holds narrow lead with most votes counted

Dallas attorney J.J. Koch eked out a win for the Republican nomination for Dallas County commissioner, beating Vickers "Vic" Cunningham, a former judge who drew national headlines over alleged racist behavior and language.

Vickers Vic Cunningham, a former judge who drew national headlines after admitting he financially pressured his kids to marry white people, held...

05/23/2018

Republican voters stick with Texas House centrists in GOP runoffs

The results could play a major role at the beginning of next year’s legislative session, when the House Republican Caucus is expected to push to elect a more conservative leader to replace retiring Speaker Joe Straus.

AUSTIN -- Voters in the Republican primary runoffs stuck with traditional center-right candidates over hard-line conservatives Tuesday in an...

05/23/2018

Colin Allred beats Lillian Salerno for chance to unseat incumbent Republican Pete Sessions

Allred, 35, will challenge longtime incumbent Pete Sessions in November, a contest that's expected to be one of the costliest and most competitive House races in the nation.

Dallas lawyer Colin Allred, the Hillcrest High School football standout who made it to the NFL before becoming a civil rights lawyer, easily...

05/23/2018

Lupe Valdez becomes first Latina to win major-party nomination for Texas governor

The daughter of migrant farm workers, Valdez said she'd been underestimated all her life - and would surprise again.

Her victory over Andrew White, though, was surprisingly narrow.

AUSTIN -- Lupe Valdez defeated Andrew White in Tuesday's Democratic runoff for governor, making political history in a couple of ways.Valdez, the...

05/23/2018

As Democrats angle to retake Congress, Texas battlegrounds come into focus

A little here and there -- enough to build on with victories elsewhere in what Democrats hope will be a blue wave crashing over the party of Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON - Texas Republicans pride themselves on holding more seats in Congress than counterparts from any other state.California has 53 seats in...

05/23/2018

Complete coverage of the 2018 Texas primary runoff elections from The Dallas Morning News

Follow The Dallas Morning News primary runoff live blog all night as returns come in. We'll have commentary, analysis and the latest results here.

Complete coverage of the 2018 Texas primary runoff elections from The Dallas Morning News

05/22/2018

House votes to rollback some Obama-era banking rules, giving Trump partial Dodd-Frank repeal

"They say that this guts Dodd-Frank," said Dallas Rep. Jeb Hensarling, referring to the sweeping Obama-era banking rules enacted in the wake of the Great Recession. "I wish 10 percent of what they said were true. I would be celebrating even more this historic achievement."

WASHINGTON -- The contentious banking deregulation bill that's expected to pass the House on Tuesday is the most important pro-growth piece of...

05/22/2018

Who's on the ballot and what you need to know to vote in Tuesday's runoff election

Have you voted in today's primary runoff yet? Here's what you need to know about the candidates and about what you need at the polls.

AUSTIN — Remember when you registered to vote in the March primary? Oh, you missed that deadline? That's OK, because you can still register by...

05/22/2018

Mexico's presidential candidates pull together to send Trump a message

The candidates stood up to Trump in a heated, at times awkward if not comical second presidential debate that ended near midnight Sunday in the northern border city of Tijuana.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- In a rare moment of unity, Mexico's four presidential candidates have demanded protection for Mexican citizens whose lives...

05/22/2018

Trump digs in on 'animals.' Aides insist he meant only MS-13 but others hear anti-immigrant hate speech

President Donald Trump stirred an uproar last Wednesday by invoking the term "animals" at a roundtable discussion on sanctuary cities and illegal immigration. He and top aides have insisted since then that he was speaking only of violent gang members.

WASHINGTON - First thing Monday, the White House blasted out an email titled: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VIOLENT ANIMALS OF MS-13.That's an...

05/22/2018

After Santa Fe shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott cancels his 'Texas-made' shotgun contest

An Abbott campaign spokesman confirmed the governor, who is running for re-election, will no longer be raffling off a "Texas-made shotgun."

AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has decided not to give away a shotgun in the wake of the shooting at Santa Fe High School.On Monday, Abbott...

05/21/2018

Who's on the ballot and what you need to know to vote in Tuesday's runoff election

Election Day is tomorrow. Here are the answers to questions you might have about races in your area, what you have to bring to the polls and where you can vote.

AUSTIN — Remember when you registered to vote in the March primary? Oh, you missed that deadline? That's OK, because you can still register by...