Five stories that have North Texas talking: Event organizers are deciding whether to stay in Texas over SB 4; state lawmaker apologizes after DWI arrest; Oak Cliff Film Festival starts today; and more.
Two major conferences planned for Texas announced on Wednesday their decision to stay or relocate in light of the state's new immigration law that's .
South by Southwest organizers aren't moving the longtime Austin festival, despite the push from a pair of U.S. senators. In an , Democrats Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada urged SXSW CEO Roland Swenson to relocate "until the recent anti-immigration SB4 law is repealed or overturned by the courts."
As reports, 鈥淪wenson said organizers agree that the law stands 鈥榙iametrically opposed to the spirit of SXSW,鈥� but said holding it elsewhere was not the answer."
On flip side, the of attorneys who represent immigrants, Wednesday the cancelation of its 3,000-member conference in Grapevine, slated for next year.
The organization's president, William Stock, said members "expressed their desire not to spend money" in the state, the Associated Press reports. The annual conference had been planned for the Grapevine since 2011. [KUT, The Associated Press]
- "I love you and I will fight for you and I'm invoking my 5th Amendment rights." That鈥檚 what state Rep. Victoria Neave repeatedly told Dallas police officers when on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated. Neave crashed into a tree in Lakewood Tuesday around 11:30 p.m. She was booked into the Dallas County at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday and then released on $500 bond. Neave issued a statement, apologizing for the incident. [四虎影院]
- A Houston Democrat is pushing forward to impeach President Donald Trump. U.S. Rep. made the initial call for Trump鈥檚 impeachment last month, and as a result, he received . As the reports, 鈥淕reen's effort remains a largely isolated one, with a highly uncertain path. House Republicans control the chamber, and there are few indications members of the GOP are interested in impeaching a president from their own party.鈥� [The Texas Tribune]
- Retired Dallas Police Chief David Brown will join Krys Boyd on Think this afternoon. Last July, Brown was thrust into the national spotlight as he teamed with Mayor Mike Rawlings to lead the city through the aftermath of a that left five officers dead. He鈥檒l talk about helping to heal the department he once lead 鈥� and about his lifelong commitment to his hometown 鈥� which he writes about in his new . at 1 p.m. or later. [Think]
- More than 60 feature films and shorts will screen during the 6th annual . If you can鈥檛 manage all of those films in the next few days, Art&Seek picked . Festival co-founder and North Texas director David Lowery sat down with The Big Screen team to , which runs through Sunday. Films will be screened at venues in Oak Cliff. Individual tickets are available online or in person. . [Art&Seek]
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