City Assessor Joe Hirschfeld insists his skyrocketing property values are “pure art,” but locals just see inflated numbers—and now, dollar signs in his eyes.

With oil jobs vanishing and tensions rising, Dickinson officials set their sights south—literally—proposing a bold plan to deport Texans for “twang-related offenses.”

Dickinson’s Taco Bell, long the punchline of late-night cravings and the bane of sober taste buds, is about to get a Michelin-star...