Dallas city leaders are actively seeking solutions to address the ongoing pension crisis, with one potential option causing concern among public transportation officials and drawing criticism from a county commissioner. Approximately 220,000 individuals rely on DART transportation services daily, highlighting the significance of any discussions regarding funding reductions. DART spokesperson Jeamy Molina emphasized the critical role public transit plays in …

Three more people now face federal charges related to a tax scheme that authorities say hid $1 billion in income from the IRS. Kevin McDonnell and James Richardson, CPAs who co-own the Waxahachie tax and accounting firm McDonnell Richardson, along with Craig Fenton, a tax manager at the firm, were indicted in connection with the case, the U.S. attorney’s office …

When Davis Murphy was 5 years old, he started begging his mom to let him try out for a movie role. The Frisco native, now a 9-year-old set to debut in his first film, had heard about a casting call on the radio. To appease him, his mother Lindsay Murphy called the number on the ad late one Friday.”No one …

WASHINGTON — Twenty-one minutes after Mike Pence was evacuated from the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, an Air Force combat veteran named Larry Brock used a set of keys to try to open the door he had left through. He did not succeed, and there is no evidence he knew how close he had come to the vice president. But …

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson touted the return of “Big Dallas Energy” in his State of the City address on Tuesday, saying that the city is back after pandemic restrictions and economic impacts. “The state of our city is stronger than ever and Dallas is back,” he said. Johnson said the last few years have been difficult for many, but he …

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in both the House and Senate are dealing with Texas-sized headaches from within their own ranks this week amid fallout from the party’s disappointing midterm election performance. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is pushing his colleagues to postpone a planned Wednesday morning vote that is expected to award Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., another term as the Senate Republican leader. …

GRAND PRAIRIE — A Grand Prairie police officer was killed in a crash Monday night after he tried to stop a car with a fake paper license plate used on more than 200 vehicles, the department said Tuesday. Officer Brandon Tsai, 32, noticed the car about 10:45 p.m. near the intersection of Southwest 3rd Street and Pioneer Parkway, police said. He …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago. If all goes well during the three-week, make-or-break shakedown flight, the …

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump launched a comeback bid Tuesday night, jumping into the 2024 campaign as a divisive but formidable front-runner – buoyed by unshakable support from the base and resisted by a sizable number of party insiders. “We are a nation in decline,” he told cheering backers at his Mar-a-Lago estate. “In order to make America great and glorious …

The Keller school board approved a policy prohibiting library books across all grade levels that include the discussion of gender fluidity. Community members on both sides of the issue packed into the Keller administration building Monday night, as a North Texas school board meeting once again became the place where LGBTQ students are placed at the center of fierce political …

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it would back proposed federal legislation to safeguard same-sex marriages, marking the latest show of support for the measure from conservative-leaning groups. The nearly 17-million member, Utah-based faith said in a statement that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships to be against God’s …