Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing officials in Dallas over a lack of funding for its police department, arguing that it violates a voter-approved public safety measure.

The suspect in a Dallas police shooting charged at officers with a box cutter and reached for an officer’s service weapon, according to police. The man can be heard in body camera video asking the officers to shoot him.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the City of Dallas for allegedly failing to comply with police funding and staffing requirements in Prop U.

Dallas city officials have been sued for refusing to comply with Proposition U, a public safety measure Dallas voters approved in the November 2024 election. It mandates increased funding for police and other public safety priorities after a movement was launched in 2021, including by the Austin City Council, to defund police.

Multiple North Texas law enforcement agencies raided a house in Plano and adult bookstores and related businesses across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex on Friday, according to Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV.

QuikTrip funded four new Dallas Police blocker trucks designed to shield first responders during freeway crashes and roadway emergencies.

DALLAS, Texas — A 71-year-old man reported missing by the Dallas Police Department has been found safe.

DALLAS — One person died in a southern Dallas shooting, police said. Officers responded to a shooting call around 10:53 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15 in the 1500 block of Whitaker Avenue, the Dallas Police Department said in a press release.