Jason Trahan
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'It’s an insult.' | Blacks in Dallas 3 times more likely than whites to be denied a home loan
Banking Below 30 has been crunching new numbers, and we're finding Blacks and Hispanics are denied home loans at much higher rights - even when similarly qualified. → Read More
WFAA series prompts congressional testimony about ‘travesty’ of banks refusing to loan to minorities
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday exploring how banks are ignoring minority communities in southern Dallas -- and beyond. → Read More
Jurors begin deliberating in case of developer accused of bribing 2 former Dallas city council members
The Dallas developer accused of paying thousands of dollars in bribes to two former city council members, Carolyn Davis and Dwaine Caraway. → Read More
Strip clubs, dog tracks, casinos, secret meetings: Dwaine Caraway testifies about bribes he took – and was never charged with
Dwaine Caraway testified in the trial of Ruel Hamilton, an affordable housing developer accused of paying bribes. → Read More
Local governments deposit millions of tax dollars in banks. Some say it's time they demanded racial equity in return.
Local governments keep your tax dollars in banks. A responsible banking ordinance requires a government to evaluate how well those banks serve the community. → Read More
Here’s how much winterizing the Texas power grid could impact your power bill
What would this mean for consumers? Researchers estimate it could add a few dollars, up to $10, a month to our electric bills. → Read More
'He scammed my mom out of $10,000': Better Business Bureau says complaints against contractors are up
Experts say rushing to select a contractor for home repairs could end up causing you worse problems. We've got tips to help you find a good, reliable contractor. → Read More
Texas mayor says women can't pray at city council meetings in email to fellow councilmember
“All I ask is that those leading the public prayer be young men,” Wylie Mayor Eric Hogue wrote in an email on May 17 → Read More
Dallas County has most jail inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Texas
Newly released statewide statistics showed that the Dallas County jail has 31 of the 54 county jail inmates who are positive for the coronavirus in Texas. → Read More
Judge declines to lower bond for defrocked Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting a child
Richard Thomas Brown, 78, is accused of assaulting a young girl while he was a priest at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Plano. → Read More
Video shows for-profit jail guards slamming father to the ground. His kids want to know why he's dead.
LaSalle Corrections says force used on Erie Moore Sr. was "reasonable and necessary under the circumstances.” → Read More
Sexual assault arrest warrant issued for former priest who worked at 5 North Texas churches
Richard Thomas Brown was recently defrocked, according to the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. He is accused of aggravated sexual assault of a child in 1989. → Read More
Bribery verdicts thrown out for former Richardson mayor, developer husband
A court security officer's conversation with a distraught juror could have swayed deliberations, a judge found. → Read More
Former Dallas County Schools chairman faces sentencing in bribery scandal
Larry Duncan faces up to one year in prison for not paying about $40,000 in taxes on more than $184,000 in phony campaign contributions he received from New Orleans businessman Bob Leonard Jr. → Read More
He took $450,000 in bribes in a school bus scheme. Now Dwaine Caraway faces sentencing
Several others face prison time in the scheme, which bankrupted the Dallas County Schools bus agency. → Read More
Former Richardson mayor, developer husband, both convicted of bribery
Laura Maczka supported a huge apartment development, and later married the developer, in what jurors found was a bribery scheme. → Read More
Judge denies further delay in Dwaine Caraway's corruption sentencing
Caraway faces up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in August to conspiracy to commit fraud and tax evasion. → Read More
A Dallas diocese priest accused of abuse was saying mass in Duncanville last fall
It's unclear when Father Alejandro Buitrago was "removed" from his job as a priest last year. → Read More
WFAA Investigates: Legislation will address care of elderly and psychiatric patients
"I think what you need to do is send out a loud and clear message that if you hold a patient inappropriately you're going to get fined and you're going to get a pretty severe fine." → Read More
As parking garages reach max life expectancy, expect more failures, experts say
No one was hurt, but the structural failure prompts this question: How likely is this to happen again elsewhere? → Read More