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The new year in Texas means scores of new laws and bills taking effect. Read about all 24 of the new laws/bills that the Texas Legislature enacted. House Bill 115 (HB 115) HB 115 amended the Tax Code to revise the eligibility requirements for the property tax exemption for certain property that is owned by […]

A Dallas police officer was relieved of his badge after being arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated (DWI) on December 14. Officer Brandon Innes was arrested in Grand Prairie after somebody called 911 about a suspected drunken driver on Lake Ridge Parkway near Joe Pool Lake. Responding officers stopped Innes and took him into […]

Dallas Police was stepping up enforcement of reckless and drunk-driving, but as the “Home for the Holidays” program took hold the city was trying to reverse a much longer term trend of dangerous driving on Dallas roadways. According to DPD, 228 died on city roads in 2020.  So far in 2021, that figure sat at […]

Dallas police reported that three people were arrested for DWI after two people were killed in a crash on U.S. Route 75 that involved five vehicles. The wreck happened just after 2:15 a.m. on December 5 in the southbound lanes of the 4200 block of North Central Expressway. Marsalis Brown, 31, was arrested and charged […]

Texas became the first state to make buying sex a felony, a move signaling a crucial change in how the justice system has long approached prostitution. The state unanimously passed House Bill 1540 (HB1540), which was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott in June, to crack down on so-called “johns” who pay for sex, […]

The Dallas Morning News reported that a Tarrant County man used his job running a church’s sound system to try to solicit a sex act from a girl, authorities allege. Kenneth Tyler Hostin, 33, of Haslet was arrested Thursday on a felony count of criminal solicitation of a minor and was released from the Tarrant […]

On July 14, 2021, KDAF-TV reported that Senate Democrats unveiled a draft bill to decriminalize marijuana nationwide. The bill, introduced Wednesday by Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Senators Cory Booker and Ron Wyden, stops short of legalizing sales in all states but ends federal enforcement. It also aims to provide justice to minorities. Senate Democrats […]

WFAA-TV reported on July 14, 2021, that a Dallas police officer was arrested in Arlington on a domestic violence charge. Juan Lopez, a patrol officer who has been with the Dallas Police Department since 2015, was placed on administrative leave. The department said Lopez faces a charge of family violence assault — bodily injury. Arlington […]

WFAA-TV reported on June 21, 2021, that the Dallas Police Department suspended an officer who was arrested and faced a driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge after the truck he was driving apparently hit a home. Senior Corporal Ronald Coulson was arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and was booked into the Denton County […]

D Magazine reported on July 9, 2021, that Bill Hutchinson, who was arrested and charged in the sexual assault of a teenage girl, was facing additional accusations detailed in a civil lawsuit. The 63-year-old Dallas developer and reality TV star has not responded to messages, but previously told TMZ that he denied the allegations in […]