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Dallas bond money will go to maintenance of cultural facilities, but it won’t fix everything. The city has logged $133.2 million in needed repairs.
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Mayor Gerard Hudspeth said he plans to focus his final term on city issues such as homelessness.
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Students at the University of Texas at Dallas launched an encampment on Wednesday to demand the university divest from U.S. corporations affiliated with Israel's war in Gaza.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton and Kansas AG Kris Kobach are suing the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco over a federal law closing the gun show loophole.
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A public memorial service is Saturday for Washington, who owned The Dallas Weekly — and became a city-wide presence on business, civic and arts boards - helping to steer them toward racial equity.
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The Supreme Court has refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. The justices on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal filed by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry.
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This year’s annual count found 3,718 people experiencing homelessness in Dallas and Collin counties on a single night in January.
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The city is asking voters to approve $485.5 million in bonds for street maintenance, park improvements, a new court building and an expansion to its public works campus to keep up with its growing population.
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A group of sisters from the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in south Arlington filed for a temporary restraining order on April 22 against Bishop Michael Olson and the Association of Christ the King. A hearing in district court was suddenly cancelled Tuesday, April 30.
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Aaron Dean was convicted of shooting and killing Atatiana Jefferson through her bedroom window in 2019. In February, an appeals court upheld his manslaughter conviction.
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The Rev. Bruce Datcher wears an assortment of hats as pastor of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church.
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Attorneys say the businesses shouldn't have to close at 2 a.m. if they agree to stop offering any nude entertainment at that time.
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Superintendent Lane Ledbetter, who’s led Carroll ISD since December, 2020, said the decision wasn’t made lightly, but he and his wife believe now is the “right time” to transition into retirement.
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Arlington City Council candidates will have to balance redevelopment needs with neighborhoods — especially in District 1, that houses the entertainment district.