DALLAS CITY COUNCIL

Dallas City Council members on Monday were talking about the new committee assignments Mayor Eric Johnson made in a memo shared with members Friday.

The Dallas Police Oversight Board that provides civilian input on discipline of police needs more discipline itself, according to several city council members. “We want to have a relationship. We want to have transparency but we want to be sure there’s no misunderstanding as we proceed,” Council Member Carolyn Arnold said. The comments came Wednesday at a briefing from...

Dallas City Council member Carolyn King Arnold has issued a statement regarding the city’s biennial budget.

Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax will get an unusual job evaluation this week in the middle of the city budget season in a closed-door executive session with Dallas City Council members on Wednesday.

The Dallas City Manager will get an unusual job performance review this week in the middle of the city budget season. It was requested by one of the council members who was highly critical of the police chief, who reports to the city manager. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff explains.

A study conducted by the City of Dallas’s Office of Business Diversity and a consulting group found a statistically significant disparity between the percentages of available, qualified minority and woman-owned business enterprise firms and the dollars paid to those firms in the City’s procurement and contracting.

The Dallas City Council approved Wednesday a new approach to creating affordable housing that makes the city a developer. It is intended to help Dallas more rapidly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to produce needed affordable housing that existing developers have not produced on their own. The city council created a Public Facilities Corporation which will partner with private…

The Dallas City Council approved Wednesday a new approach to creating affordable housing that makes the city a developer.

The Dallas City Council passed a resolution Wednesday morning to fly the pride flag at City Hall in place of the regular city of Dallas flag for the rest of the month and every June.

Residents in East Dallas are gearing up for a fight over proposed plans for concrete and asphalt plants to be located southeast of the intersection of Northwest Highway and Garland Road.

As demonstrators demand more social programs and the coronavirus requires more social distancing, the city of Dallas has formulated a new plan to combat homelessness in this environment.

As demonstrators demand more social programs and the coronavirus requires more social distancing, the city of Dallas has formulated a new plan to combat homelessness in this environment, NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports.

Dallas’ Confederate War Memorial must stay in the historic cemetery in front of the downtown convention center. For now, anyway.

Yielding to pressure from demonstrators who’ve demanded “defunding” police, Dallas City Council members Wednesday declined a request to increase the city’s police budget, NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports.

Yielding to pressure from demonstrators who’ve demanded “defunding” police, Dallas City Council members Wednesday declined a request to increase the city’s police budget.

An overhaul of Dallas city spending is gaining support among Dallas City Council members as demonstrators demand social programs to prevent crime and reduce contact with police.

A complete overhaul in Dallas city spending is gaining support among council members as demonstrators demand social programs to prevent crime and reduce contact with police. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff explains that the 11-point police reform plan the city manager unveiled may not be enough to satisfy some city leaders.

Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax Friday released an 11-point action plan for immediate police reforms. The public release came just an hour before a special Dallas City Council meeting to hear public concerns about the city’s response to protests about the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. The Broadnax plan was called “One Dallas: R.E.A.L. Change.” It...

The Dallas City Manager released an 11-point plan of action to respond to the demonstrations. It came just an hour before an emergency city council meeting.

The City of Dallas is declaring Friday “George Floyd Remembrance Day.”