State lawmakers file more bills to provide more restrictions on abortion
With the start of the state's legislative session a little over a month away, lawmakers have filed a number of bills regarding abortion access.
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Jack is as passionate about reporting today as he was when he first began his broadcast journalism career about 35 years ago.
He covers politics for CBS News Texas and hosts the weekly show Eye On Politics, which airs at 7:30 Sunday morning on CBS News Texas Channel 11 and is streamed through the CBS News app and Pluto TV at the same time.
Jack joined CBS News Texas in September 2003.
He regularly interviews Republican and Democratic elected officials, and interviewed Joe Biden when he ran for President in 2020 and former President Donald Trump in 2018 and when he was a candidate in 2016.
While Jack loves covering politics, he has also worked on investigative stories and covered numerous hurricanes and tornado outbreaks.
He won an Emmy Award for his investigative report on DFW Airport spending, and Texas Associated Press awards for his stories about the previous indictments against former Governor Rick Perry, his coverage of the federal courts in Dallas and his weather coverage.
Before moving to North Texas, Jack reported for television stations in Orlando, Southern California, Fort Myers-Naples and Utica, New York.
He began his journalism career in Syracuse, where he was an anchor and reporter at WHEN-AM.
Jack has been happily married for more than 30 years to Amy, who is a former morning news anchor at radio station KLIF-AM in Dallas. They are the proud parents of two amazing daughters.
Jack and Amy both graduated from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
While they still bleed Orange, they love Texas and are happy to call the Lone Star State home.
With the start of the state's legislative session a little over a month away, lawmakers have filed a number of bills regarding abortion access.
As first reported Sunday evening, former Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa told CBS 11 he won't run for Dallas Mayor next spring.
A month out from the start of a new legislative session, Jack Fink is taking a look at Texas leaders' priorities.
There is widespread agreement at the Texas Capitol to cut property taxes during the next legislative session starting in January. How much still has to be worked out.
SMU Economics Professor Mike Davis said Wednesday that it's hard to measure a dollar amount, but that if there's a strike, it could impact the supply chain for consumer goods among other items.
Students in Texas are required to get immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, and polio, and that won't change under this legislation.
In this week's episode of Eye on Politics, Jack Fink talks to former Gov. Rick Perry about his support for legalizing mobile sports betting.
Even with record inflation this year, the National Retail Federation said it anticipates sales during the holiday shopping season will increase between 6% to 8% over last year.
"Passing this will allow us to all finally recognize marriage is equal for everyone."
Sports teams and betting platforms are hoping a new push will increase their chances of legalizing mobile sports betting in Texas.
Jack Fink speaks with a Dallas Congresswoman, who was honored this week, and breaks down former President Donald Trump's big announcement.
The end of an era in Dallas politics is approaching, and to mark the occasion, a ceremony to unveil the official portrait of longtime Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
In what may be a surprise to no one, former President Donald Trump kicked off the 2024 Presidential race from his Mar-a-Lago estate one week after the 2022 election.
Federal judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth ruled the Department of Education's Secretary, Miguel Cardona, didn't have the authority to create the program.
Governor Greg Abbott's campaign at one point said there could be ten million people statewide who would cast their ballots this year, but the actual numbers were much lower.