Dallas condo owners live for a year with no walls — just a tarp
Two neighboring Dallas residents are living without walls. That’s not hyperbole. The exterior walls of their condos have…
As Texas’ new insurance commissioner takes office, she must deal with insurance poverty
The following is an open letter from The Watchdog to new Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Commissioner Amanda…
With high premiums and fewer claims paid, Texas insurance companies are failing homeowners.
If you own a home and pay insurance premiums, brace yourself: This story is going to hurt. Rates…
How a Richardson woman lost $22,000 trying to buy a phantom pet
Meow. Hello everybody. My name is Opie. I am a 5-year-old Siamese cat who lives in Richardson. The…
Tricolor fails, and critics probe what its collapse means for subprime auto loans
Cynthia Jackson came to me a year ago with a complaint about how she was treated by Tricolor,…
AI turns an old lottery scam into a Texas crime wave
A ferocious scam is making a comeback, thanks to artificial intelligence and other modern-day techniques like caller ID…
Soon all Texas public high school students will take a new ‘financial literacy’ class.
Maybe this happened to you. You were 18 years old, and your parents suggested you start to build…
Dallas firefighters broke down a woman’s door — accidentally. The city won’t pay.
Just before dawn, Deborah Kane of Dallas was brushing her teeth when a deafening crash echoed through the…
Texas is guinea pig in test of how ‘prior approvals’ will work in Medicare
From a reader: “Please report on the Medicare issue. Who in Texas state government is coordinating with this…