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Dallas administrators reviewed Tuesday the city’s $4.51 billion proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The figure is based on a property tax rate of 74.58 cents per $100 assessed valuation, a reduction of about 2.75 cents from last year’s rate. City Manager T.C. Broadnax said the proposed tax rate reduction represents the largest decrease…
With the clock ticking on the U.S. Justice Department’s June 29 deadline, the Dallas City Council approved Monday a redistricting map that incorporated citizen feedback and specific requests to keep some neighborhoods intact. Not everyone was pleased, however, as one suggested modification was not approved and council members were not permitted to discuss the pending…
Just one week away from the U.S. Justice Department deadline, the Dallas City Council on Wednesday could only agree on one thing: to hold yet another special meeting to discuss the boundaries of the city’s 14 districts. The panel will reconvene Monday at 3:30 p.m. The council spent hours Wednesday haggling over a few modifications…
The City of Dallas has a new chief building official who acknowledges there’s a permitting mess to clean up and says he’s the man for the job. After nearly two years without a director and thousands of backlogged building permits, Andrew Espinoza was selected in May to become director of Development Services and officially began…
The Dallas City Council has until June 29 to make a decision on how the city’s 14 districts will be divided, and it appears they’re going to wait until the last minute. After making little headway in a June 8 session, the council is set to take a final vote on the matter during a…
