DART shouldn’t cut service for those who need it most
Facing a deficit budget, officials with Dallas Area Rapid Transit are considering service cuts. As the agency tries…
Alderman Walter Burnett and the ‘family business’
For the second time in his long political career, Ald. Walter Burnett Jr. is maneuvering to find employment…
10 one-and-done college players with the most successful NBA careers, ranked
Since 2005, the NBA has required all prospects to undergo at least one year of college basketball after…
Credibility-challenged city must not rush into any Ash Street decision – San Diego Union-Tribune
In a city where so many big plans have gone so badly for 30 years, San Diego residents…
Colorado football way-too-early bold predictions for 2025 season
Ever since Deion Sanders got to Boulder and became the head coach of Colorado football, the spotlight has…
Texas cities can’t unilaterally decriminalize marijuana
While nearly half of the 50 states have embraced legal recreational marijuana, pot remains outlawed in Texas, and…
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson seems like the mayor of Somewhere Else
It’s our job to keep track of what our elected leaders say and do. But if we’re being…
Dallas’ homeless count may be off, but that’s not the measure we need anyway
An audit released last month about the Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions and a nonprofit group, Housing Forward,…
Chicago ‘open outcry’ traders finally get their day in court
On Monday, jury selection began in a trial that few would have predicted ever would come to pass…
The plan to turn hidden plaza of Dallas central library into a Texas garden
Flagship public libraries can be centerpieces in downtown districts. We’re thinking of the Harold Washington Library Center in…