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Deep Ellum is a Dallas neighborhood with a reputation for music that can get loud. But as city leaders push for tougher code enforcement, Deep Ellum is also just one part of a city that makes no noise exception in code enforcement laws.

Dallas Police overtime money was on the line Wednesday as the city council debated possible amendments to the new proposed budget from City Manager T. C. Broadnax. Property tax rates were also on the table, as soaring property values hit owners with much higher bills. “We are literally taxing our people out of their homes, we are pricing them out…

The City of Denton held an emergency meeting regarding face masks and whether to require them. Council members spnt more than an hour in closed session then the public portion took place. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil explains what city leaders discussed.

Danny and Tony Damian of Baldwin Park were both active in the community. After putting off vaccination, Tony died due to COVID-19. Now Danny is advocating for others to get vaccinated.

The Texas Department of Transportation has issued a report providing information about the process for designating a memorial on Interstate 35W to honor Atatiana Jefferson.

From college graduation at UTA in May, to city council, 22-year-old Junior Ezeonu is Grand Prairie’s youngest council member to date.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson’s plan to reduce salaries of top city employees to divert money to other purposes was soundly rejected Wednesday in straw votes by the city council.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson was the only vote in favor of his plan to cut the salaries of top city officials during the economic downturn. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff explains Johnson wanted City Manager T.C. Broadnax to take a 25% pay cut, with smaller reductions for other civilian workers who make more than $60,000 a year.

The effort to remove McKinney City Councilman La’Shadion Shemwell continues, with a group turning in a petition to city hall asking for a recall election.

A mother whose child was yanked from her arms at the hands of NYPD officers in Brooklyn has been awarded a $625,000 settlement from the city

Fort Worth City Council has some concerns over the number of dollar-type stores popping up. That’s why the council passed a new law placing restrictions on any new ones coming in.

New federal charges have been filed against Ruel Hamilton, the prominent Dallas real estate developer accused of bribing two former City Council members.

Denton Mayor Chris Watts declared a public disaster for the Green Tree Estates neighborhood Wednesday.

Two weeks after a tornado ripped through North Dallas and left a swath of damage, Dallas City Council members are set to learn more about the cost and response.

Sleeping on public sidewalks or streets may soon not be an option for homeless people in Las Vegas, NBC News reports. On Nov. 6, the City Council is slated to vote on an ordinance that would make it illegal to camp or sleep on the streets in parts of the city. Drafted in September, the ordinance would make it a...

The city of Dallas honored legendary Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki Wednesday when they renamed a street in front of the American Airlines Center in his honor.

Former U.S. Rep John Conyers, who represented part of the city of Detroit for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 90.

Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90. Conyers, among the high-profile politicians topped by sex harassment allegations in 2017, died at his home on Sunday, said Detroit police...

Fort Worth’s city manager says a third-party panel reviewing the city’s policing practices and policies could be assembled by Nov. 19.

City officials in Fort Worth are responding to a list of demands set by a coalition on oversight after a woman was shot and killed in her home by a city police officer.