NorthPark Center Evacuated, One Person In Custody
Shoppers at NorthPark Center described a panicked scene as they were urged to evacuate after a report of a shooting Monday afternoon.
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Author: Bethany Erickson
Texas Democrats Bust Quorum to Prevent Voting Bill Passage
Midnight was the deadline for the House to approve the legislation that would alter nearly the entire voting process, create new limitations to early voting hours, ratchet up voting-by-mail restrictions and curb local voting options.
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Shortchanged of History
I know this as fact: My roots, as far as my family’s time in North America, are steeped in the belief that White people are superior to other races.
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Real Talk: Eurico Francisco
“Dallas is the largest American city without a school of architecture or design inside its city limits.”
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Stayin’ Alive: What Bills Are Still in Play As Clock Runs Out?
Sine die. Latin for “without a day,” it’s also Texan for “this once every two years simultaneous debacle and demonstration of democracy is almost over.”
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‘We Want a School There’
Neighbors of Walnut Hill Elementary have been anxious about its fate since a tornado struck it in 2019. But they say they’re worried Dallas ISD”s plans for the site may be too outsized for an area still reckoning with a great deal of storm destruction and change.
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Pershing Kindergarten Teacher Finds Joy in 17-Year Career
Jose Armendariz didn’t start out as a teacher. But 17 years after embarking on a career as an elementary school educator, he’s earned a spot among the teachers that are considered Dallas ISD’s best.
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Navigating the Great Unmasking
Throughout the pandemic, pulling on a mask to interact with strangers became a matter of course – and new guidance freeing vaccinated individuals from the ritual has some worried.
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Dallas Midtown Redeveloper Launches Beck Realty Residential
When Dallas Midtown redeveloper Scott Beck turned his eye to the Dallas residential real estate market.
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HB 3979 Passed, But What Does It Mean?
Around 2 a.m. Saturday, the Texas Senate passed a new version of a house bill that some have touted as being anti-critical race theory — despite the fact that the phrase never graces the text of the bill.
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Schultz, Wernick Discuss D11 in Forum
Speed racing, Midtown, crime and safety, and streets were among the things discussed when Jaynie Schultz and Barry Wernick, who are both vying for the District 11 city council seat in a June runoff election, participated in a lunchtime virtual forum held Friday.
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