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City Hall Roundup: Election Results, Permit Ruling, DallasNow

By Charles Grand / May 4, 2025 /

There’s going to be some new faces at City Hall next month after Saturday’s election, but a couple of Dallas City Council races have yet to be decided. Runoff elections are scheduled for June 7 in District 8 and District 11, everything else about the city council’s makeup has been decided by voters, barring some…

Who’s on the Ballot for the May 3 Dallas City Council Election?

By April Towery / February 16, 2025 /

Pour a cup of coffee and buckle up. This year’s Dallas City Council election is going to be interesting.  As Dallas faces fallout from a recently adopted comprehensive land use plan, a housing affordability crisis, and complicated matters such as parking reform and short-term rentals, there’s no shortage of real estate issues that will likely…

Dallas Agent Recognized by Guinness World Records Again

By April Towery / November 4, 2019 /

A local real estate agent breaks his own world record, Community ISD hosts a real estate workshop to welcome potential homebuyers to the area, Southlake tops the best small cities in America, housing affordability is the biggest 2020 election issue for some demographic groups, and Preservation Dallas announces deadline for endangered places list, all in…

Election Day in Dallas, the Live-Blog

By Bethany Erickson / May 9, 2015 /

As I mentioned last week, we will be live-blogging the election all day today. If you’re out and about, swing by your local polling place and punch a few buttons, won’t you, and then let us know how it went. If you’ve already voted, swing by anyway, and give those hardy souls volunteering for their…

So Before You Vote: Another Update About Adam McGough

By Bethany Erickson / April 21, 2015 /

Update April 26: After talking to Adam McGough’s campaign manager and analyzing more utility bills, we have issued an apology to the Adam McGough for City Council campaign.  Apparently the family’s utility usage was NOT that out of the ordinary, for a family of three boys, despite the low electricity usage records we were sent by a…