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City Hall Roundup: DallasNow, Paxton Unloads

By Charles Grand / April 20, 2025 /

If anyone’s interested in what’s been going on at Dallas City Hall recently, we’ve got some of that for you this Easter. The biggest news, at least from my perspective, is City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert hitting the pause button on all new real estate acquisitions until new procedures are put in place to better…

Dallas Permitting Staff Just Can’t Catch a Break

By Charles Grand / April 14, 2025 /

This week’s City Hall roundup is going to focus on the latest black eyes at the Dallas Department of Planning & Development, which handles permitting, zoning, urban design, and other development-related responsibilities. Staff at the department had a rough go of it last week when some of its costly blunders made headlines, earning the city…

City Hall Roundup: Don’t Even Say the Word Tariff

By Charles Grand / April 6, 2025 /

Let’s all try to keep our minds off our 401Ks and the impending resurgence of inflation this Sunday and check in on what’s been going on at Dallas City Hall this past week and what’s coming down the pipeline. How does that sound? We’ll leave covering the potentially catastrophic implications of President Donald Trump’s trade…

City Hall Roundup: New Park Coming, Staff’s Still Working

By Charles Grand / March 30, 2025 /

There was more than enough drama to go around at Dallas City Hall this week, some of which we covered and some we saved for today. One of the biggest headlines to come out of Marilla Street was an announcement by city staff and Saks Global that some kind of accommodation was reached regarding the…

After Years of Acrimony, Dallas City Council Approves Revised Pepper Square Project

By Charles Grand / March 27, 2025 /

A zoning case that has been a flashpoint in Dallas politics finally came to a resolution at a raucous city council meeting on Wednesday, when council members voted 10-4 to approve mixed-use zoning for the Pepper Square redevelopment in North Dallas. City Council’s approval of the controversial Pepper Square — Jesse Moreno, Carolyn King Arnold,…