Lee Kleinman

Workers for city of Dallas construction contractors will receive a higher $15 per hour minimum wage following a unanimous City Council vote Wednesday that was praised by members.

In response to complaints about police brutality and calls for a different kind of law enforcement, Dallas City Council members Monday heard about plans for new city programs and the expansion of others.

The city of Dallas rolled out new programs Monday, aimed at responding to calls for “social justice” and less deadly force. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff has more on the city’s latest effort to make changes in how police do their jobs.

Less than two hours after a mayoral debate on NBCDFW.com, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and seven members of the City Council endorsed runoff candidate Texas Rep. Eric Johnson as the next mayor of Dallas.

The Dallas City Council Wednesday rejected a $10 million rate hike request from Atmos Energy. The vote was 14-1. The increase would have raised the average Dallas home customer bill by $3 a month. The company said it needed the extra money to continue replacing old iron and steel pipes.

Demolition has resumed on the old Valley View Mall in Dallas after two years of delays. A developer plans to replace it with the Midtown development without city subsidies or tax breaks.

The lawsuits are settled and demolition is moving forward again at Valley View Mall in Dallas.

A vacant city owned parking lot that used to serve Reunion Arena visitors is the site for a proposed Transit Hub that would link High Speed Rail with other Dallas ground transportation.

Tech giant Amazon announced Thursday it will not pursue the headquarters campus announced earlier in New York City after strong resistance to the company surfaced there. It had Dallas officials thinking they might have a new chance to woo Amazon again after finishing just behind Northern Virginia and New York City in the HQ2 competition.

Tech giant Amazon announced Thursday it will not pursue the headquarters campus announced earlier in New York City after strong resistance to the company surfaced there. It had Dallas officials thinking they might have a new chance to woo Amazon again after finishing just behind Northern Virginia and New York City in the HQ2 competition.

Ideas for a roughly 1.6 billion project to re-develop Interstate 30 from the Dallas Convention Center past Fair Park are starting to take shape.

Ideas for a roughly $1.6 billion project to re-develop Interstate 30 from the Dallas Convention Center past Fair Park are starting to take shape.

Dallas moved ahead with its own climate plan Wednesday, using $500,000 left over from the plastic bag fee that was repealed in 2015.

Atmos Energy had to replace miles of metal piping after multiple safety issues in Dallas last year, now they need help paying for it.

The first of what may one day be 10,000 small cell towers in Dallas are starting to pop up and they sparked controversy at a City Hall briefing Wednesday.

Dallas must spend around three times more than it does now to make progress on the condition of city streets. That was the bottom line of a briefing delivered to a Dallas City Council Committee Monday.

In a sharply divided vote Wednesday, the Dallas City Council narrowly approved continued public support for a December college football bowl game at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park.

Dallas police and firefighters will see starting pay boosted to $60,000 and employees making more than that will receive 3-percent raises after a City Council vote Wednesday.

Public Safety salary increases are still the priority for most Dallas City Council Members after a marathon budget amendment session Wednesday where very few spending cuts received support to make up for spending more money.

Dallas City Council Members expressed sadness about the corruption charges over which Dwaine Caraway resigned Thursday and pleaded guilty. They hope actions by the long time Councilman will not taint the rest of Dallas City Hall.