Tracey Mcmanus

Three weeks before early voting is set to begin in the primary runoff, a Texas appeals court has rejected a Republican precinct chair’s emergency effort to force the Dallas County elections chief to reinstate precinct-based voting. In a petition filed thi... See more

A Dallas County Republican has sued to force the county’s election chief to return precinct-based voting in the May 26 runoff, saying the party’s former chair acted illegally when he scrapped the system without the group’s approval. Barry Wernick, a GOP p... See more

With Dallas County GOP Chair Allen West’s resignation on Wednesday, party leaders still want to overturn his decision to allow countywide voting in the May 26 runoff and reinstate precinct-based voting for all voters. But Dallas County’s elections chief h... See more

As child care costs strain families across North Texas, a coalition of nonprofits wants Dallas County voters to consider a new property tax to fund services – though its chances of reaching the ballot this fall is uncertain. Miguel Solis, president of Com... See more

When a Dallas County jury last week ordered a Texas oil heir to pay $1.1 billion for causing severe brain damage to his stepson, the boy’s attorney called it the largest child abuse verdict in U.S. history. Whether the family can collect the record-settin... See more