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National Anthem Becomes A Political Football For Texas Lawmakers
Legislators' bill requires that professional sports teams with state contracts must play "The Star Spangled Banner" before a game begins.
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Kevin Phinney, Patch Staff
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Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin.
He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio).
He is also the author of "Souled American," a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.
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DFW Airport Offers A Swanky New Way To Fly, But It Will Cost You
American Airlines' "Five Star Essentials" promises to ease your way back into air travel with a little help at the ground level.
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Texas Lawmakers Move To Modernize State Medical Marijuana Laws
With significant changes, the state Senate has revived a bill updating Texas' medical marijuana laws. Legislators could pass this version.
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In Dallas, Summer Movies Means Headlights, Camera And ... Action!
What could be more fun than a night at the Drive-In, featuring high tech sound, a 30-foot screen and food trucks full of exotic treats?
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Texas Lawmakers Trade In 'Thoughts And Prayers' For Guns And Ammo
With a new bill about to become law, the Lone Star State will permit residents to stroll the streets packing heat.
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Slain Dallas 4-Year Old Cash Gernon's Father Surfaces — On Video
A week after Trevor Gernon's son was found dead in the middle of a suburban Dallas street, his father appeals to the public for forgiveness.
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ICYMI: Here Are Dallas' Top Stories From May 16-22, 2021
What did you miss in this week's news? Plenty. Here's your chance to catch up with the latest, all with one quick and easy read.
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To Keep Texas' Death Penalty Humane, The Press Must Bear Witness
Excluding the media from the death chamber —as happened at Wednesday's execution in Huntsville — opens the door to something far worse.
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Dallas Reports New Variant, As 1 Out of 3 Texans Is Vaccinated
Texas health officials are trying to eradicate COVID-19 before mutations abound by the summer's end. Nowhere is that more clear than Dallas.
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A Fort Worth Exhibit Returns Actor John Wayne To The Limelight
With a collection of memorabilia spanning "the Duke's" entire career, John Wayne's Son Ethan provides a tip of the hat to his famous father.
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Hey, Dallas! Are You Ready for 'The New Normal?'
Now you can eat an enchilada while it's still hot from the restaurant kitchen. Live music is back. See, nothing has changed. Except you.
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TX Legislators Unmotivated to Pass New Medical Marijuana Reforms
With the legislative session almost over, a former Dallas Cowboy and his wife plead for a new medical marijuana bill to help their son.
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Video Shows Alleged Dallas Killer Returned For Cash Gernon's Twin
Newly revealed surveillance video allegedly shows Darriynn Brown returning to the abduction scene and 'touching' the boy's sleeping brother.
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Retiring WFAA Sportscaster Dale Hansen Leaves Big Shoes To Fill
After 38 years of covering Texas sports in Dallas, the man The Washington Post called "a liberal hero" is stepping away from the microphone.
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TX Lawmakers Push A Bill Targeting Trans Kids In School Sports
Trans kids already face enormous hurdles to finish school, only to face higher death rates as adults. Should they be political pawns, too?
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Dallas Schoolkids' Future In Class Is At A Virtual Standstill
With less than two weeks to go in the legislative session, lawmakers are dragging their heels about the future of virtual learning in Texas.
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Arlington ISD Student Wows Amazon, Receives A $40K Scholarship
James Martin High's Chiji Mgbahurike is one of only a hundred students nationally to receive this year's Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship.
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Dallas Has 'Horse Therapy' for Kids? It Behooves You To Know More
A therapeutic horsemanship center based in South Dallas launches a new program to advance reading skills through well . . . pony tales.
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Abbott Cuts Texas Ties To Unemployment Benefits: Back to Work!
Your free ride is over, the governor announces — as nearly half of states reject federal help in favor of putting workers back on the job.
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Dallas: A Dead Four-Year Old, A Surveillance Video, and Questions
The killing of Cash Gernon has police puzzled: His father is missing, his mother clueless about the whereabouts of the boy and his brother.
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