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Filing Deadline is Today: Here Are The Candidates For The May 6 Dallas City Council, DISD Board Election

By April Towery / February 17, 2023 /

5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20: This story was updated to show that Dallas City Council candidates Rickey Lee Perry (District 3), Barbara Markham (District 10), and Jrmar Jefferson (mayor) did not meet qualifications and therefore will not appear on the May 6 ballot. Forty-five candidates have filed for 14 Dallas City Council races and the…

Questions Linger After Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Master Plan Briefing

By April Towery / February 17, 2023 /

A $3 billion reconstruction of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas is on the horizon, and elected officials have a lot of unanswered questions.  During a Feb. 7 joint meeting of the city’s Transportation and Infrastructure and Economic Development committees, the Dallas City Councilmember and voters who approved Proposition A in November got a…

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…

A Tale of 14 Districts: Equity in Infrastructure is Contentious Among Dallas City Council Members

By April Towery / December 21, 2022 /

As the Dallas City Council attempts to allocate funding based on racial equity and historically underserved areas, the city’s downtown is last on the list when it comes to pavement condition, council members pointed out during a recent briefing.  Maneuvering the roads in District 14 is like driving around in a third-world country, according to…