DALLAS CITY COUNCIL

Dallas Public Works has 1,400 projects scheduled for the fiscal year that began in October, but just over 200 are completed. One city council member is sounding an alarm that the city is falling too far behind to catch up.

Dallas Public Works has 1,400 projects scheduled for the fiscal year that began in October, but just over 200 are completed. One city council member is sounding an alarm that the city is falling too far behind to catch up.

The debate over short-term rental homes in Dallas has been raging for three years. The latest zoning plan would outlaw most of those operating now, but it remains to be seen if the city council will vote on it before May elections where at least two new city council members will be selected.

The debate over short-term rental homes in Dallas has been raging for three years. The latest zoning plan would outlaw most of those operating now, but it remains to be seen if the city council will vote on it before the May elections where at least two new city council members will be selected.

The long-awaited demolition of a far North Dallas eyesore is finally happening. The former Valley View Mall is coming down to make way for a $4 billion dollar mixed-use complex featuring office towers, luxury hotels, condos, a movie theater and shopping.

Dallas has more than 175 miles of park trails that connect communities for transportation and recreation. But last year there were eight murders, 61 robberies and 135 assaults within 100 feet of a Dallas trail. With summer on the way, city council members say the trail safety plan is far too weak.

New proposals have been introduced to increase hospital security after an October 2022 shooting in Dallas.

Texas State Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) is proposing new laws, one aimed at parolees who cut off ankle monitors they’re required to wear, another would increase penalties for assaulting hospital workers and another would require parole officers wo warn hospitals.

Dallas City Council members Wednesday began discussing what should be included in a proposed 2024 public improvement bond referendum.

The city of Dallas began planning a new public improvement borrowing plan to tackle huge challenges. The current needs list is $14 billion. The 2024 bond referendum would only be $1 billion. Ken Kalthoff reports.

Dallas City Council Members Tuesday blasted DART officials over what they called a “bait and switch” scheme for use of sale tax money Dallas residents have already paid.

Dallas city council members blasted DART in a dispute over a windfall of excess sales tax money already paid by Dallas citizens and the construction of a new DART line.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will have a second term leading the nation’s ninth-largest city.

Several Dallas City Council members spoke in favor of poker clubs Wednesday, even as they approved more money for lawyers who’ve been fighting to close them.

Dallas city leaders on Wednesday agreed to pay a legal bill in the fight to close poker clubs, but also pushed a way to keep them open. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff explains.

Dallas City Attorney Chris Caso says he will retire on Feb. 28.

Dallas City Council members heaped trash talk on city sanitation officials Thursday over severe delays on garbage collection reported all around the city.

Dallas sanitation officials on Thursday heard complaints over citywide delays in garbage collections. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports how the problems grew after a recent schedule change that some are now calling a failure.

Right now there are 31 operator vacancies, almost a quarter of the authorized staff. Dallas City Council questioned directors on the effect this has had on current workers and overtime.

Two weeks after Dallas switched to a new trash collection schedule to improve service, some residents complain service got worse.