The City of Dallas is hosting community engagement meetings to discuss the potential loss of federal funding due to President Trump’s executive orders, and residents are expressing frustration over the city’s compliance with the orders.
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Dallas and Fort Worth end their diversity efforts to keep federal funding
Dallas and Fort Worth city councils have ended their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in order to preserve hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, following similar decisions by other cities and states across the country.
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Low Voter Turnout Mars Dallas City Council Election
All ten incumbent candidates were reelected in the 2025 Dallas City Council elections, with low voter turnout and a lively debate surrounding term limits, and two districts (8 and 11) are set for a runoff election on June 7.
Posted inPolitics
District 7 in Dallas May See Its First Female Council Member in a Decade
The upcoming May 2025 election in Dallas may see significant changes in City Council representatives, with eight of the fifty candidates being women, and District 7 potentially seeing its first female council member in a decade.
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City Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold Seeking “Service and Transparency” Amid Proposition E’s Newly Set Term Limits
Dallas City Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold’s reelection campaign may be in jeopardy as the Dallas City Secretary has yet to appeal her initial denial to appear on the May 2025 ballot due to the recent passage of Proposition E, which sets a term limit of eight years for council members and mayors.
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First Black Woman to Serve as Dallas City Manager: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
Dallas has appointed Kimberly Bizor Tolbert as the city’s new city manager, making her the first Black woman to lead the municipal operations in the city’s history.
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Dallas City Council Pauses Funding to Dallas Black Dance Theatre Amid Labor Dispute
The decision comes after the dancers, who voted to unionize in May, were terminated earlier this year. The dance company cites a social media video as grounds for the terminations, […]
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The Billionaire Behind the Bid to Break Dallas City Government
By Steven Monaccelli/Texas Observer At the August 21, 2024, meeting of the Dallas City Council, Joseph Porter stood at the podium and admonished the council members for allegedly “spreading misinformation” […]
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ForwardDallas Explained: How the Land Use Plan Can (and Cannot) Change the City
The City of Dallas’ updated land use plan, ForwardDallas, aims to address equity, environmental justice, and affordability, but the effectiveness of the plan is dependent on the city government, housing developers, and longtime industrial manufacturers.
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Great Trinity Forest leak spills 3.6 million gallons of water, Environmental Commission questions Dallas Water Utilities’ response
By Dallas Documenters Originally appeared in Dallas Free Press Bonton representatives want to know why no one told them about a city water leak lasting 11 months and spilling more […]