Traffic Woes Will Likely Increase With Transportation Cuts
North Texas traffic may be bad now, but it might be getting a whole lot worse.
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North Texas traffic may be bad now, but it might be getting a whole lot worse.
After making headlines for his story of being harassed as a child, a Fort Worth city councilman is in Washington to speak about bullying. Last October, Councilman Joel Burns tearfully described being bullied for being gay.
Dallas' new mayor has sued the city to try to prevent the release of police records related to a Jan. 2 disturbance call at his home.
The Texas Youth Commission and Texas Juvenile Probation Commission will likely be one agency at the end of the legislative session.
The House Transportation Committee will consider legislation to institute a statewide ban on texting while driving.
The Texas State Senate has approved a bill that would extend some teacher contract deadlines.
North Texas parents want to make sure their voices are heard in Austin when it comes to the crisis in the classroom. So what do frustrated moms and dads do to organize and let lawmkers know how they feel about school financing? They go online and organize.
Democrats denounced the latest version of the state budget, saying it would close 50 percent of the state's nursing homes.
What is expected to be another long, public fight over next year's budget in the City of Dallas is about to get underway. Dallas is holding a public hearing on its' budget shortfall.
Teacher groups have pressed a Senate committee to reject a bill that would ease class size limits in the elementary grades.
There's talk of repealing one of Texas' last remaining blue laws – having liquor stores closed on Sundays. Tuesday a state Senate Committee is looking into whether that law should change.
A Texas Senate Committee is hearing debate on a bill that would allow school districts to cut teachers pay and use furlough days as ways to trim budgets. The bill has the support of DISD Superintendent Michal Hinojosa.
Gov. Rick Perry is visiting Dallas and Tyler to tout his tough stand on budget cuts and what he calls a pro-business climate in Texas.
Interim Mayor Dwaine Caraway is staying mum about his lawsuit against state Attorney Gen. Greg Abbot that aims to block the release of some potentially embarrassing information related to a police call to his home earlier this year.
A measure requiring women in Texas to get a sonogram before ending a pregnancy has passed the House. The measure was adopted tentatively last week and Monday's 107-42 vote was largely procedural.
