The budget outlook for the state’s largest cities? Uncertain at best
Connect the dots and the resulting picture isn’t pretty. Economic and political trends will make it harder for…
Decision on City Hall’s future should be better informed
Dallas can’t make a smart decision about whether to keep City Hall at 1500 Marilla St. without putting…
Families gave North Texas schools a vote of confidence in tax elections
Aging North Texas school districts have navigated a tough landscape in recent years, pulled into culture wars and…
Here’s some good housing news, Dallas
There was a party last week on Dallas’ Kavasar Drive, a narrow street in southeast Oak Cliff that…
Will Dallas suburbs deal DART a death blow?
A lot of people may have grown tired of hearing it, but Dallas Area Rapid Transit is a…
Dallas City Hall is in bad shape; how bad we just don’t know
From the get-go, the conversation about Dallas City Hall’s future has been polluted by finger pointing, foregone conclusions…
Fort Worth ISD needed state takeover
Fort Worth Independent School District, which enrolls almost 70,000 students, has struggled academically for years. Last month, Texas…
Alamo leader’s ouster is Texas cancel culture
Another Texan has been “canceled” in the name of political purity, and the state is worse off for…
Can Texas lawmakers learn from ‘satanic’ image?
Dirty tricks are a staple of election season, including the use of misleading visuals now easily created with…
Dallas hired more cops, and the sky didn’t fall
Remember earlier this year when council members acted like the sky would fall down if Dallas tried to…
Dallas should broaden its homeless response
Homelessness is a national crisis. Just about every large city in the United States is dealing with it,…
State Fair prices need to come down, and the fair knows it
By now you’ve seen the headlines or read something on social media or had the thought yourself as…