Council member Adam Bazaldua recalled when he first learned about the Dallas mayor’s proposal to cut City Hall salaries. Instead of hearing about it from Eric Johnson, though, Bazaldua says he found out from the mayor’s social media blitz that included the hashtag “defund the bureaucracy.” Bazaldua said he wasn’t the only one on the council who felt it was …

Expect aftershocks in Texas in the wake of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. The reverberations from Ginsburg’s death, President Donald Trump’s yet unnamed nominee and the upcoming confirmation fight will be felt immediately on a host of issues important to Texas, including the census, health care and the 2020 election itself. And in the not-too-distant future, women’s reproductive health, …

This year’s North Texas Giving Day raised nearly $60 million for area nonprofits, the Communities Foundation of Texas announced. The record haul came from over 100,000 donors in all 50 states and 26 countries, the foundation said in a news release. The money, some of which was raised during the roughly two weeks before Thursday’s main giving event, will be …

After an hours-long standoff with SWAT officers, a 43-year-old man was arrested by Plano police on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault and other charges Friday night. Police were called to a house in the 8100 block of Haning Drive, near Coit and Hedgcoxe roads, on a domestic violence call about 1 p.m. Friday. As officers arrived, the alleged victim flagged …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg threw a monkey wrench into the presidential race with just 46 days to go. And it created a major new issue in the Texas race between three-term Sen. John Cornyn and Democrat MJ Hegar. The White House and a chorus of Senate Republicans vowed Saturday …

Dallas County announced 156 more coronavirus cases and four new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday. All of the cases are considered new except for one that is from April. Four of the new cases came from the state’s reporting system, while the rest were reported directly to the county health department. The four people who died were all Grand Prairie residents …

Some Texas coastal cities have begun voluntary evacuations before Tropical Storm Beta, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, breaches the shore in the coming days. Galveston and Seabrook, as well as Galveston County, issued voluntary evacuation orders Saturday as high tides and up to 10 inches of expected rainfall could leave roads impassable, especially along the city’s west …

From meteorologist Brian James – Saturday sure was a beautiful day … and the second half of the weekend will be just as nice! We will see a mostly sunny sky and temperatures will climb into the lower to middle 80s. The wind won’t be much of a factor either with a northeast to east wind around 10 mph. I …

A motorcyclist who was part of the funeral motorcade for a security guard who was killed earlier this week was seriously injured Saturday when he was struck by a vehicle in White Rock. The 42-year-old motorcyclist was struck by a Chevy Impala as the procession traveled in the 9300 block of Garland Road, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. The collision happened after a driver …

viru Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses …