North Richland Hills quoted about $2.3 million to process a public-records request involving Flock cameras.

The Fifth Circuit is considering a challenge to Texas restrictions on overnight campus expression.

A federal judge preserved Harris County’s misdemeanor bail agreement. An appeal is underway.

Dallas police seek information about the September 12 Highland Hills shooting that killed Zariea Brown and wounded five.

Four voters say eliminating 92 Tarrant County polling places will disproportionately burden Black and Hispanic voters.

Texas families should know the major timelines for evaluation, eligibility and IEP development.

A preliminary injunction blocks border-barrier construction in Big Bend National Park while an environmental lawsuit proceeds.

Texas’ amended school-restraint rules clarify emergency use, training, documentation and parent notification.

The Supreme Court is considering whether federal law blocks Boulder’s state-law climate claims against Exxon and Suncor.

October 5 was the registration deadline for Texas’ November 3 election; voters should verify records and keep documentation.

A judge ordered Galveston ISD to display donated Ten Commandments posters while a constitutional fight continues.

Dallas began the fiscal year with 3,410 sworn officers—590 below the City Charter minimum.

CBS and Tony Romo mutually parted ways after nine seasons following his no-contest plea in an OWI case.

Aqua RichJo| September 27, 2026 Need to visit a Dallas library, recreation center or City Hall on Monday? Change those plans. Dallas will hold its third mandatory employee furlough day on September 28, closing many public facilities as the city responds to a financial shortfall. Essential services will continue, but residents and workers will feel the disruption. City Hall, every public-library branch, recreation centers, aquatic facilities, golf courses, Fair Park and Code C

Aqua RichJo | September 26, 2026 The known backlog of delayed Texas voter-registration records has reached at least 200,000. Applications and updates submitted through the Department of Public Safety’s online driver’s license portal were not sent to counties as expected. DPS now says the problem was connected to an October 2025 software update by a third-party vendor. People using the portal had no warning that their information had stalled. Counties must now process those de

Aqua RichJo | September 26, 2026 You take the picture. You wait for it to develop. Then you hold the result in your hand. This weekend, PolaCon is giving North Texas photographers a place to share that experience—and learn what else instant film can do. The Instant Film Society’s convention runs through Sunday, September 27, with events in Dallas and Denton. It opened Friday with a photo walk at the State Fair of Texas. Workshops, demonstrations, a swap meet and time to conne

Aqua RichJo | September 25, 2026 Melissa Lucio remains on Texas death row after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected a lower court’s finding that she was innocent of her daughter’s 2007 death. Four judges dissented. The ruling does not set an immediate execution date. This case has several legal decisions that cannot be folded into one headline. Lucio was convicted and sentenced to death in 2008. In 2024, a district judge recommended overturning her conviction and fin

Aqua RichJo| September 25, 2026 At UT Austin, students may still be able to take classes on Black women’s history, LGBTQ literature and women’s lives. But under the university’s redesigned core curriculum, none of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses submitted for review were approved to satisfy core requirements. That is a decision about what counts toward every undergraduate’s foundational education—and who gets to make that call. Reporting published September

Aqua Jones | September 25, 2026 Dallas County has received more than 68,000 voter-registration records that were delayed by a state transmission error. Collin County received about 40,000. Across seven counties that have reported figures, the known total exceeds 178,000 records—and Texas still has not said exactly what caused the failure. Let’s get the number right: 178,000 records does not necessarily mean 178,000 people lost their right to vote. The files include applicatio

Aqua Richjo | September 25, 2026 A woman called police during a domestic disturbance in April 2024. Former Lewisville officer Filemon Perez met her while responding to that call. On September 24, a Denton County jury convicted Perez of stalking her. According to KERA’s report on the trial, evidence showed Perez visited the woman’s apartment complex 83 times over roughly six months while on duty. GPS records reportedly showed that almost all of those visits had no legitimate w