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 …

Training, internships and more state funding will go a long way to preparing the talented workforce that Texas needs, college and university leaders said this week. The Texas officials gathered Wednesday to discuss the needs of schools, bouncing back from coronavirus setbacks and statewide plans to increase the number of Texans with degrees. Dallas College Chancellor Justin Lonon, University of …

AUSTIN – Federal regulators have rejected a Texas plan to expand Medicaid for new mothers because the benefits are too restrictive, according to state lawmakers. Last year, the GOP-led Legislature voted to extend the safety net coverage from two to six months post-pregnancy. But the federal government, which helps foot the bill and has final say over the change, has …

A Dallas man who sold a 19-year-old woman as a sex slave was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison, court records show. Alfonso Orozco Juarez, 36, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking in March as part of a plea agreement. In addition to the prison term, Juarez must serve five years of supervised release and pay more than $9,000 in restitution. …

Camp kids laugh and scream as they run through an inflatable yellow and green obstacle course. Across the field, others play with hula hoops and bubbles while a game of duck-duck-goose is nearby. These children aren’t just playing yard-games. The activities are part of therapies designed to build their listening, speech and language skills. Each summer, the University of Texas …

Patricia Owens’ face grew red and her lips pursed as she pointed to the man accused of killing her two daughters. Their own father. “That devil there,” Owens said of Yaser Said, the man she divorced while he was on the run after the murders. Owens took the stand in a Dallas County courtroom Thursday, the third day of Said’s …

Beth Hegarty sat in a meeting at her daughters’ school when she heard gunshots. Her second-grade, triplet daughters were in Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14, 2012, when 20 first-graders and six adults were killed in the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school. Hegarty’s children were “completely traumatized.” She never put her kids on the bus again. Her …

Michael Susens is 25, a strong and serious-looking young man who likes model trains and video games. He has his own YouTube channel and hopes someday to make a living reviewing and playing video games. Meanwhile, he is eager to let people know who else he is. “I have Asperger’s syndrome,” he said at a recent community open house for …

At the University of Texas at Dallas, you will find over a dozen thriving beehives with more than half a million bees. Every semester, the university offers two courses dedicated to honeybees. The campus hosts so-called pollinator events, where students learn about and appreciate these insects and animals that help fertilize plants. And the university offers sales of honey that …

Police allege 24-year-old Breana Johnson pumped gasoline into her vehicle where 25-year-old Ricky Doyle was sitting July 18 and then “intentionally ignited it.” Police said Doyle was severely burned, and they were notified of his death Tuesday Johnson was initially arrested on a charge of aggravated assault, which police said Wednesday will be upgraded to murder. She does not have …

Scientists successfully revived vital organs from deceased pigs with a technology that shows promise for organ transplantation and further blurs the line between life and death. The research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, challenges the assumption that tissue death is swift and irreversible, as the scientists were able to restore the function of several organs an hour after the pigs’ …