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AUSTIN — Weeks before the November 2020 elections, several Democrats filed candidacies to become speaker of the Texas House, banking on their party winning...

May 25, 2021, 10:50 p.m. ETMay 25, 2021, 10:50 p.m. ET Live Updates: Teen Who Recorded Floyd’s Murder Speaks Out as Americans Gather to Mark his Death President Biden hosted the Floyd family at the White House on the anniversary of his murder, but legislation that bears his name has stalled in Congress. Morning gunshots rang out at the spot where he died in Minneapolis. Image Protesters participate in a vigil in Brooklyn on Tuesday, the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s death.Cre...

Aaron Dean's case has been delayed in court, but a Tarrant County judge recently set a tentative trial date for August - almost two years after Jefferson’s death.

Rally and march in honor of George Floyd held in Downtown Dallas Rally and march in honor of George Floyd held in Downtown Dallas In Dallas, civil rights activists and their supporters marked the anniversary of George Floyds death with a rally at the Dallas police headquarters. Activists discussed what’s changed, or hasn’t changed, over the course of one year. DALLAS - In Dallas, civil rights activists and their supporters marked the anniversary of George Floyds death with a rally at the Da...

Floyd’s name and life were mentioned along with many others whose names were written on rocks and placed one by one on the ground. Activists said the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derrick Chauvin wasnt enough. “There should be oversight in everything. Anything that has finances and policy attached to it there should be oversight,” said Dionna La’Fay with Black Voters Matter. “I think those are the conversations that came out of this tragedy. It created a momen...

Groups such as Black Voters Matter and the Next Generation Action Network will have seminars, rallies and more to honor and remember George Floyd a year after he was killed.

As the anniversary of Floyd's death approaches, some North Texas lawmakers hope to pass police reform legislation in his name but now say it appears that won't...

AUSTIN -- The 2020 murder of unarmed George Floyd by a former Minneapolis police officer renewed calls for criminal justice reform, with people across the...

Salazar Elementary receives new playground, trees and mural as part of ‘Cool School’ program Six schools in Dallas received outdoor upgrades including a new playground, loop trail, outdoor classroom, art mural and up to 100 newly planted trees. Exterior view of the Dallas ISD Administration Building on Monday, April 6, 2020, in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) Oak Cliff’s Salazar Elementary is one of six Dallas schools that has received outdoor upgrades. As part of its Cool S...

She’s organized walkouts, hunger strikes, marches and has experience lobbying in D.C. She marched shoulder to shoulder with activists against police brutality in Dallas. After the death of Botham Jean, Cortez helped launch the city’s first community police oversight board. Throughout the pandemic, she helped provide communities in District 2 with millions of masks, books and supplies for thousands of students, as well as over a million fresh produce boxes and meals. Last summer, after a ...