City Hall
The end of budget season is just around the corner at Dallas City Hall, with officials scheduled to adopt a spending package and property tax rate for FY 2025-2026 on Wednesday. We’ll get into what’s ultimately decided in our next roundup, and we’ll see if Mayor Eric Johnson’s budget challenge to council members gets taken…
Mayor Eric Johnson is challenging the rest of the Dallas City Council to propose their own budget cuts so that the proposed property tax rate could be lowered further. In a memo on Friday, the mayor proposed eliminating $339,000 budgeted for the city’s state lobbying team, arguing that the team is “not delivering results commensurate…
Officials at Dallas City Hall spent another week navigating the budget process as key deadlines get closer. We’re not going to get into all that today, though. If you’re itching for budget highlights, it looks like Skillman Library might get a new lease on life — albeit operating only three days a week. And a…
Two contentious local races this spring were shaped by development projects. As luck would have it, the winners in both races were commercial real estate professionals. The pair addressed a crowd of Realtors at the MetroTex Government Affairs Forum on Tuesday, sharing their insights on D-FW market dynamics. McKinney Mayor Bill Cox was elected to…
Well, there’s a whole lot to run down this Labor Day weekend. Dallas City Hall’s budget business is chugging along, and the operational framework of local government for the next two years is taking shape. Hopefully the weather hasn’t been putting too much of a damper on anyone’s plans this holiday weekend, but if so,…