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Dallas Council Names Interim City Attorney And Will Explore a Legal Land Use for Poker Rooms 

By April Towery / January 25, 2023 /

Tammy Palomino, senior assistant Dallas city attorney and chief of general counsel, was tapped Wednesday to take over in an interim capacity when City Attorney Chris Caso retires Feb. 28.  Palomino will serve until a permanent replacement is made, earning an annual salary of $264,215 plus an interim assignment stipend of 15 percent of her…

Filing Kicks Off Today For Candidates in May 6 Dallas City Council Election

By April Towery / January 18, 2023 /

Fourteen Dallas City Council seats and the mayor’s gavel are up for grabs at the horseshoe on May 6, and today is the first day you can file candidate paperwork with the city secretary’s office.  This could be an interesting election season as the coming May election is the first for the City of Dallas’…

Dallas Leaders Tasked With Tackling Comprehensive Housing Policy ‘One Bite at a Time’ 

By April Towery / January 10, 2023 /

Dallas leaders are restructuring the city’s housing policy while weaving in facets of the Racial Equity Plan, and the process has been likened to eating an elephant one bite at a time.  Officials discussed during a Dec. 13 Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee meeting what’s being done to revise the existing policy and how it…

Hensley Field Master Plan Calls For More Than 5,700 New Housing Units in District 3

By April Towery / January 6, 2023 /

In the final Dallas City Council meeting of 2022, elected officials donned ugly holiday sweaters and approved the master plan for a project that could provide much-needed homes, businesses, and transportation connections for District 3.  District 3 Councilman Casey Thomas called the Hensley Field Master Plan his “legacy project” and said it will be a…

Everything You Need to Know About The May 6 Dallas City Council Election

By April Towery / January 3, 2023 /

Now that the most wonderful time of the year has come and gone, buckle up for election season and a full slate of Dallas City Council seats up for grabs.  Election Day is May 6.  City council members serve two-year terms, and elections are held on odd-numbered years. There are no staggered terms, so all…