DALLAS (AP) – Dallas city officials are asking one council member to pay back more than $8,100 of his salary because he allegedly missed too many meetings during the past year. The Dallas Morning News reports council member Philip Kingston is accused of having 11 unexcused absences out of 81 scheduled meetings. A City Charter…… MORE
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) – The Trump administration says Texas has rid its voter ID law of any discriminatory effects and is asking a judge who once compared the measure to a “poll tax” to not take further action. The U.S. Justice Department under former President Barack Obama had previously joined minority rights groups in…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Baylor University has agreed to a settlement with one of several women who sued amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school. A settlement notice was filed in federal court in Texas on Thursday. No details were released. Several women have sued Baylor, alleging the university ignored…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — Owning a home in DFW looks to be a struggle for millennials. According to apartment finder ABODO, only 28.7 percent of millennials own a home in the area. DFW ended up being ranked No. 106 when it came to cities with the most millennial home ownership. Over the past fiver years home prices…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal appeals court says immigrant children who cross the border without their parents have the right to a court hearing to challenge any decision to detain them instead of turning them over to family in the U.S. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that two laws passed…… MORE