Government

The former police chief of Godley, his mother and a local couple were all indicted as part of a prostitution bust. Here's what we know about the sprawling investigation.

The group DeFlock Carrollton is circulating a petition for the city to get rid of controversial Flock license plate readers. The mayor said there are no plans to and says the technology has been used to solve crimes and locate missing people.

The League of United Latin American Citizens sued Secretary of State Jane Nelson and county elections administrators state-wide for attempts to remove "potential noncitizens" from voter rolls.

More than 125 local, state and federal agencies are authorized to use the state-of-the-art crisis and threat management facility as a central command center.

Dallas County practices many of the successful approaches Florida's Miami-Dade County uses to reduce mental health-related incarceration, despite one key law difference.

Dallas County officials are exploring Miami-Dade County's jail and court processing model in Florida to reduce jail crowding and mental health-related recidivism here.

Diane Bailey died at Parkland Hospital on her birthday nearly two months after she was booked into the Dallas County jail for a class C misdemeanor drug charge.

Offord will face Republican Skye Garcia in the November general election. One of them will succeed John Warren, Dallas County's first Black county clerk.

Tarrant, Collin, and Denton counties also saw more Republicans turn out. The race between Texas AG Ken Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn may be a significant factor.

Total repayment costs could be up to $688 million over several decades.

Ensuring public safety during the FIFA World Cup likely will cost the county more from its own pocket than its cut of $50 million for North Texas to share.

Abbott criticized Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza for delays in indicting defendants and generally not pursuing offenders harshly enough. Abbott says appointing his own statewide prosecutor and making district attorneys eligible for impeachment would fix that.