Local Commentaries

  By JOLI ANGEL ROBINSON   Dallas City Council campaign season is heating up. By now, you have seen yard signs popping up in front yards, candidate forums, block walkers, and perhaps even mailers delivered […]

  By ROYCE WEST Texas Senate   When is a game, not a game? The answer: When it is designed to harass, intimidate and bully others targeted by a characteristic they cannot change, like their […]

  By ERIC JOHNSON Office of the Mayor   We are now more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been a menace to our communities. We all have loved ones, friends, neighbors […]

  Texas Democratic Party   After this week’s bombshell news of the resignation of the only remaining member of the Public Utilities Commission, state legislators continue to question exactly what happened during last month’s winter […]

  By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   The COVID-19 pandemic is like no other crisis we have seen in our lifetime. It has required a unique resilience and commitment to protecting the […]

  By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   There’s an old adage that says, “two things in life are certain: death and taxes.” But as we entered into 2020, another one can now […]

  By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   Last month, the constituents of Texas’ 30th Congressional District, as they have done every two years since 1992, placed their faith in me to represent […]

  By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON U.S. House of Representatives   Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021. NDAA is an annual bill that authorizes the […]