Dallas Hires a City Manager, Texas High School Football's Latest Arms Race: Your Friday Evening Roundup

Here are some stories that you may have missed today.Dallas hires from the outside, names Tacoma city manager as new City Hall bossThe Dallas City Council on Friday broke a longstanding tradition of promoting a city manager from within, naming T.C. Broadnax as the new boss.The full council will officially vote on Wednesday whether to hire Broadnax, the city manager in Tacoma, Wash., as City Hall's top executive. He'll be responsible for crafting a $3.1 billion city budget, making major hiring decisions and overseeing day-to-day operations of more than 13,000 uniformed and civilian employees.The current city manager, A.C. Gonzalez, is retiring at the end of January.  Continue reading...