Texas Democratic lawmakers sent a letter of congressional inquiry to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Monday, cautioning public colleges about the potential loss of federal funding if they adhere to Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s recent directive to disregard updated language in Title IX regulations. Title IX, a civil rights law established in 1972, prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally …

Dallas will soon have another top city official with the name of Eric Johnson. City Manager T.C. Broadnax on Thursday told council members that Eric Anthony Johnson, community development director in Bloomington, Minn., will help direct the city’s housing strategies as the new chief of Economic Development and Neighborhood Services. He will start March 9. His last day of work …

LAS VEGAS—A day before Nevada Democrats make their presidential preferences, President Donald Trump boldly predicted his reelection and the sound defeat of what he described as the Democratic Party’s socialist agenda. “Keep America great,” he said on Friday as the crowd roared. “We are making it greater than ever before. … We are returning power to you, the American people.” …

In the three-way Democratic race to challenge Republican Morgan Meyer, investment banker Shawn Terry has out-raised his opponents since he announced his candidacy last July. Since then, he has grown that advantage, out-raising Joanna Cattanach in the money race by more than 2-1 and Tom Ervin by more than 5-1. That has allowed Terry to sell himself as the more viable candidate who can …

Among the most obscure but powerful elected officials in Texas is the county commissioner. Every county — regardless of population or square miles — elects four commissioners and a county judge, who presides over the commissioners court. The role entails setting the tax rate and budget for all county functions, such as the jail, courts and health department. In Dallas, …

Early voting ahead of the March 3 primary election is underway in Irving. Here’s what you need to know to take part in early voting through Friday, Feb. 28, or to cast your ballot on Super Tuesday, March 3, as well as who will be on ballots in Irving. Am I registered? The last day to register to vote in …

The Irving City Council has approved putting over $560 million in bond propositions to voters in the May 2 election. As approved at the council’s Feb. 13 meeting, the ordinance features 12 different bond propositions rather than a single, large option. According to the meeting’s agenda packet (starting on page 416), the largest propositions include $207.8 million for street improvements, …

Federal law enforcement officials will begin pouring more resources into cracking down on methamphetamine trafficking in Dallas as part of a larger effort to prevent the drug from being distributed across the country, officials announced Thursday. Uttam Dhillon, acting administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, announced the new initiative — dubbed Operation Crystal Shield — on Thursday in Atlanta. …

A 19-year-old man accused of strangling his sister in The Colony after calling her an embarrassment to her family has been indicted for capital murder. Eduardo Arevalo, 19, was indicted Thursday for killing his pregnant sister in The Colony, calling her ‘an embarrassment’ to his family. Eduardo Arevalo, 19, was indicted Thursday for killing his pregnant sister in The Colony, …

A Dallas teenager was indicted Thursday on a capital murder charge in Denton County after she came forward as the mother of a newborn girl found buried in a flowerpot last year. Jazmin Lopez, 19, came forward to police late last March after seeing news coverage that her child had been found by a caretaker at Perry Cemetery in Carrollton earlier that …

Music from Mexico filled a dreary, wood-paneled federal courtroom Thursday in Dallas, but the occasion was far from festive. Prosecutors played the narcocorrido, or drug ballad, during the sentencing of Felix Giovanni Ruiz Mendoza, who got 18 years in federal prison for importing Mexican methamphetamine and selling it in North Texas. The goal: to show his ties to Mexican drug …