Eric Johnson
Officials are getting back into the groove of things at Dallas City Hall. Council members returned from their July recess last week to find some weighty decisions waiting for them, and the next several weeks promise plenty more debate over dollars, debt, and priorities. But amid the billion-dollar figures and looming budget fights, there were…
Mayor Eric Johnson outlined his budget priorities on Friday ahead of a critical stretch of weeks in which officials will have to make some hard choices to overcome a significant revenue gap for FY 2026-2027. In a memo to City Manager Kimberly Tolbert, Johnson argued that Dallas should focus on providing essential services and resist…
Dallas’ Y’all Street is about to take another huge step forward. The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange, the first national securities exchange built in the Lone Star State, began test trading on its digital platform on Monday ahead of a live launch later this week. Kicking off a phased rollout throughout July, the official launch on…
Non-uniform city workers in Dallas are about to get some unexpected time off, and it’s ruffling some feathers on the city council. Dallas employees will soon begin taking unpaid furlough days as City Manager Kimberly Tolbert moves to offset the year’s roughly $30 million budget shortfall. Under the plan announced last week, General Fund employees…
Dallas leaders unveiled plans Monday for a nearly $200 million expansion of Klyde Warren Park that will add 1.7 acres and extend the popular deck park farther west over the remaining recessed stretch of Woodall Rodgers Freeway, connecting Uptown to the central business district. The project will introduce a large event lawn that doubles as…
