Dallas City Council

City Hall Roundup: Professional Women’s Soccer Team Finds a Home at The Cotton Bowl 

By April Towery / May 19, 2024 /

Just a couple of weeks after the Dallas Wings WNBA team opted to move from Arlington to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Auditorium, the City of Dallas scored another win, as a professional women’s soccer team signed on to play for two years at the Cotton Bowl.  The big news came May…

Is Housing Forward Working? Jesse Moreno Says Alternatives Are Needed to Shelter Homeless

By April Towery / May 15, 2024 /

Dallas leaders are stepping up their game when it comes to removing unsheltered residents from city streets, but not everyone is satisfied with a proposed approach to create alternative options, which could pull funding from what proponents say is a proven, successful Housing Forward model.  Members of the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homeless Solutions…

City Hall Roundup: Charter Review Commission Submits 35 Amendments That Could Mean Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

By April Towery / May 12, 2024 /

Dallas voters could decide this November whether to double council member salaries to $125,000 per year, require that the Community Police Oversight director and Inspector General be appointed by the City Council, and delete the provision prohibiting the City Council from “interfering” with appointees and subordinates of the city manager. In all, the council is…

Housing and Urban Development Budget Review Prompts Debate Over Childcare, Community Courts 

By April Towery / May 7, 2024 /

A plan to distribute $31 million annually over five years to Dallas-based U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant programs is slated for adoption in June and implementation in October — but Dallas City Council members don’t agree on how to distribute the funds.  The Dallas City Council reviewed the plan in February and revisited it…

City Officials: The Only Reason For Stemmons Evacuation Was ‘Roaming Employees’

By April Towery / May 3, 2024 /

Lest we be accused of burying the lead, nobody got fired (yet) and an audit of what exactly went down at the City of Dallas’ Development Services Department’s new office building is imminent.  Dallas City Council members convened Thursday as the Ad Hoc Committee on General Investigating and Ethics to discuss the building at 7800…