Texas lawmakers make nice as they begin negotiating state budget, but...
House and Senate budget negotiators downplayed rivalries and made a lavish display of courtesy Monday as they began talks on the session's only must-pass bill - a state spending plan for the next two...
View ArticleTeachers, advocates for poor rip bills to slowly erase Texas 'margins' tax as...
Supporters of Texas' public schools and safety-net programs are raising alarms about bills that would phase out the business-franchise tax, probably over several years. While there would be no effect...
View ArticleElections results, where to vote for the May 6 municipal and school elections
There are 75 contested races and propositions on the ballot across Dallas County. All but two Dallas City Council seats are contested and many are likely to go to a runoff.
View ArticleFlower Mound voters choose two incumbents, one challenger for town council
Place 1 incumbent Jason Webb defeated Prabu Jaganatan and Cathy Strathman. In Place 2, incumbent Kevin Bryant defeated Sandeep Sharma.
View ArticleTexas House answers Patrick with bills to increase property-tax...
The House on Saturday went just halfway toward meeting Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's demand for property tax relief legislation.
View ArticleTexas budget negotiators reach consensus on austere spending plan
Cutting deals on education, health care and how to eke out a tiny bit more of spending, House and Senate budget negotiators late Saturday were expected to tentatively approve a belt-tightening state...
View ArticleGov. Abbott gets $100 million more for budget priorities to avert special...
Gov. Greg Abbott obtained an additional $100 million for his office's economic-development programs early Sunday by threatening to veto the state budget and force a special session, according to two...
View ArticleWhy the marrying-yourself trend of sologamy isn't as crazy as it sounds
If the word sologamy sounds to you like something served on pumpernickel with cheese and mustard, you clearly are hungry for something other than a relationship with yourself. That, or you don't live...
View ArticleEmbattled CPS abruptly announces hiring freeze to stay within budget
Texas protective services chief Henry "Hank" Whitman has ordered a halt to new hires at Child Protective Services and its sister agencies, despite state GOP leaders' repeated statements that a CPS...
View ArticleMan dies after falling into canal at Fort Worth apartment complex
Firefighters were called to a report of a drowning at 12:30 p.m. at at the Summer Brook Apartments in the 4500 block of Drake Lane, near North Beach Street. Lt. Kyle Clay, a Fort Worth Fire Department...
View ArticleContinue reading 2 airlifted from Highland Village shopping center after...
Police tweeted that people should avoid the area around 4 p.m. Wednesday. They tweeted roughly 15 minutes later that emergency helicopters had cleared and traffic could resume.
View ArticleContinue reading Flower Mound police searching for missing elderly man who...
Skinner's wife told police that she last saw him around 11 p.m. When she woke up Thursday morning, her husband and the Honda were missing. Skinner may be wearing a white T-shirt and shorts with no shoes.
View Article12-year-old Flower Mound runaway may be trying to leave Texas, police say
The Flower Mound Police Department is asking for help in locating a 12-year-old runaway who may have left the state. Amy Lee Hernandez was last seen Tuesday at her home in the 4300 block of Southampton...
View ArticleCanada firm locates U.S. operation in Flower Mound
A Canada-based high-tech firm Renaissance Repair & Supply Inc. has located its first major U.S. operation in Flower Mound. Renaissance Repair & Supply rented a 42,596 square-foot office and...
View ArticleCorrosive acid burned boy after father accidentally dropped bottle, Argyle...
An Argyle boy was reportedly burned by a corrosive acid Monday afternoon when his father accidentally dropped a bottle of the liquid. Authorities airlifted the boy to Cook Children's Medical Center in...
View ArticleHope flagging for Gov. Greg Abbott's top priority of special session as House...
It appeared late Tuesday that lawmakers would end Gov. Greg Abbott's special session a day early, without passing his top priority, a bill that would limit how much local property taxes can increase....
View ArticleSpecial session ends, Rawlings talks monuments, Trump critics weigh...
Tuesday night marked an early end to Gov. Greg Abbott's special session , as lawmakers called it quits without passing his top priority, a bill that would limit how much local property taxes can...
View ArticleTexas Speaker Joe Straus' future the subtext of House Republicans' private...
The House Republican Caucus on Wednesday privately discussed how to heal internal rifts amid a storm of intraparty criticism of Speaker Joe Straus' leadership. Straus, his allies and his leading...
View ArticleContinue reading Lewisville man acquitted of forcing teenage friend into...
A Lewisville man accused of forcing a 17-year-old friend from Flower Mound into prostitution was acquitted Thursday, after the defense noted Dallas County's "history of wrongful convictions." Attorney...
View ArticleTalking Points: Did you see what they said?
"Nobody should doubt whether or not the leader of the Free World is against racism, bigotry, neo-Nazis and anti-Semitism ... I think it may be good to stick to the TelePrompTer and not go off the...
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