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Oak Cliff-area Dallas City Council candidates talk convention hotel, Trinity...
Phil Leven flashed a slight smile, then turned to the 11 Dallas City Council candidates to his left and right. “I’m sure it’s going to come up, and it’s going to affect all of us, so I figured I would...
View ArticleMore news from the AFL-CIO: Labor organization endorses Dallas City Council...
After earlier declaring its opposition to Dallas’ Proposition 1 and Proposition 2, the Dallas AFL-CIO labor organization has endorsed six Dallas City Council candidates running in this year’s race. The...
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No ballot problems in Dallas council district 5 race, county official says
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Dallas CM Dwaine Caraway extends olive branch at curfew hearing
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Will Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway soon be shut out of Dallas’ council...
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is making no promises about who he’ll lend his critical support to when the incoming City Council next month selects its second- and third-ranking officials: mayor pro tem and...
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Feliz cumpleanos, Mayor Tom Leppert
It’s standard for Dallas City Council members to serenade each other with off-key renditions of “Happy Birthday” on their special days. But Mayor Tom Leppert received a little extra today, when, for...
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The battle for the Dallas City Council’s second- and third-ranking positions...
At 2 p.m., the 2009-2011 session of the Dallas City Council will commence, with the only notable order of business at this first meeting being the selection of a mayor pro tem and deputy mayor pro...
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Home of Dallas council member Vonciel Jones Hill burglarized
The home of District 5 council member Vonciel Jones Hill was … [visit site to read more]
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After some tough politicking, the kids are still rolling at Southern Skates
Southern Skates in East Oak Cliff was supposed to be closed yesterday, but if you’re in the mood to take a roll tomorrow night, the doors should be open. Like so many other things this year, City Hall...
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Dallas council members Dwaine Caraway and Vonciel Jones Hill meeting today to...
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View ArticleDallas Love Field no-bid contract debate series: CM Vonciel Hill says you may...
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View ArticleSeveral Dallas council members speak passionately for property tax increases
Council members spoke both for and against a property tax increase at today’s budget workshop, but the most passionate words came from those in favor of it. They acknowledged that an increase, which...
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Dallas council committee leans toward green energy
Last month, Council member Jerry Allen raised a concern that the city is planning to purchase green energy at a premium of perhaps $750,000 next year, while he didn’t feel he’d been sufficiently...
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Dallas officials craft compromise plan for regulating neighborhood farmers...
Here’s my wrap-up in today’s paper on yesterday’s neighborhood market briefing: By STEVE THOMPSON The Dallas Morning News stevethompson@dallasnews.com After months of struggling to come up with a...
View ArticleDallas council meeting gets uglier as some push to go ahead with straw vote...
The council meeting is getting uglier and uglier today. Check this moment a little while ago. Council member Vonciel Hill pushes to go ahead and have today’s scheduled straw vote on whether to have...
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Dallas Executive Airport restaurant tenants have troubled pasts
Pictured above is Mark Kelcher standing between council members Vonciel … [visit site to read more]
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Mayor Caraway and council member Hill go at it over Oak Cliff Metals
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Did incumbent politics play a role in Dallas’ proposed redistricting map?
. . Look at the two proposed redistricting maps above and focus on the green dot. That’s Dallas City Council member Vonciel Jones Hill’s house in Red Bird. The top map was originally proposed by...
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‘African American Committee for Fair Representation’ to hold news conference...
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Dallas council member Vonciel Hill wants VA Medical Center in her district
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Texas Horse Park proposal sails through econ development committee, again
Last month, the City Council’s economic development committee was dazzled by a projection offered by city staff that the Texas Horse Park would generate $337 in economic impact for Dallas over 10...
View ArticleNext week brings round two in the Dallas municipal judge fight
Two weeks ago, the Dallas City Council plowed through an angry debate before narrowly approved a major shakeup of municipal judges. You can see the latter half of that ugliness in the video above....
View ArticleVideo: Things get ugly as Hill and Hunt spar over judges
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Texas Horse Park is back on track but with different operators
Jennifer Robinson of Dallas wears friendlier spurs on Romeo, a 25-year-old Arabian, during a trail ride to break a world record at the Texas Horse Park site on June 13, 2010. More than 60 horses and...
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Dallas City Council committee briefed on free admissions and free memberships...
Students and parents from Hexter Elementary School in Dallas toured the Dallas Museum of Art Tuesday afternoon. Maxwell Anderson, Dallas Museum of Art Director, announced Tuesday morning, November 27,...
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Hunt, Griggs fret over rising costs of McDermott Bridge, but second Calatrava...
On Friday Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm explained how the city of Dallas expects to cover $12 million worth of cost overruns on the Margaret McDermott Bridge over the Trinity River, the Interstate 30...
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A new parking garage near American Airlines Center and a debate on Dallas...
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Angela Hunt ‘disappointed’ by council colleagues’ attempt to halt municipal...
Several council members are fighting to halt new rules put in place by Judge Daniel Solis, seen here (Mona Reeder/Staff photographer ) [Editor's note: This item has been updated to include comments...
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Dallas council members say some farewells, appoint interim city manager
Mayor Mike Rawlings asked Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm to stay until January to oversee several high-profile projects, including the Trinity River and the Kennedy assassination commemoration. (Brad...
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See how Dallas City Council members want to spend tiny fraction of next...
Interim City Manager A.C. Gonzalez If you’re a top member of Dallas city staff, it’s likely that you have been telling City Council members for … [visit site to read more]
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Dallas City Council members to meet privately to discuss city attorney...
Who will replace Tom Perkins? There could be more progress this week in the search for the next Dallas city attorney. Tomorrow afternoon, Mayor … [visit site to read more]
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Dallas’ transportation committee to address car-for-hire services during...
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Four Dallas City Council members skip all or most of first round of city...
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Dallas City Council member Sandy Greyson on why she skipped first round of...
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Days before City Hall considers regulating car services, UberX cuts prices...
If nothing else, the timing’s certainly … interesting. Just four days before the Dallas City Council is scheduled to finally crash into Uber, Lyft and all the other ride-sharing options now available...
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Dallas isn’t ready to tip its hand concerning new vehicles-for-hire regulations
Yellow Cabs lined up in front of the downtown Dallas Omni (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff photographer) Monday at 1 p.m. the Dallas City Council’s Transportation and Trinity River Project Committee will wrap...
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Effort to rewrite Dallas’ car-for-hire regulations makes short drive to a...
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On the same day Dallas task force begins debating car-for-hire rules, cab...
Vonciel Jones Hill’s transportation-for-hire work group — you know, the one that’s supposed to figure out how to regulate cabs and limos and their new-tech competitors, including Uber and Lyft — has...
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TxDOT has decided to keep the highway separating Deep Ellum and downtown, but...
TxDOT wants to keep this. Mayor Mike Rawlings said he's looking into that decision. The Texas Department of Transportation has made it very, very clear: It is going to rebuild at the cost of $100...
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Lyft’s co-founder weighs in on Dallas’ attempt to rewrite...
John Zimmer, co-founder and chief operating officer of Lyft, spoke at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 conference last September. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) One month after A.C. Gonzalez tried...
View ArticleHours after bringing home newborn daughter, Council Member Scott Griggs...
Hours after bringing home his newborn daughter, Council Member Scott Griggs rushed to City Hall on Wednesday to advocate on behalf of a constituent in a zoning … [visit site to read more]
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Dallas’ revamped approach to assessing street detoriation provides clearer...
A pothole on Madison avenue near Eighth street in Oak Cliff on June 08, 2010 in Dallas. (BEN TORRES/Special Contributor) Dallas city officials have sounded the siren for several weeks that it will...
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Vonciel Jones Hill, transportation chair, says it’s time to find ‘creative...
The chair of the city council's Transportation and Trinity River Project Committee wants the toll road between the levees. (Brad Loper/Staff photographer) Vonciel Jones Hill, chair of the Dallas City...
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Fare fight? Now it’s up to Dallas city council to decide fate of proposed...
This is the end, beautiful friend, this is the end, my only friend, the end of our elaborate plans, the end of everything that stands, the end. No safety or surprise, the end. I'll never look into...
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Lyft’s calling all cars in southern Dallas as ride-sharing service tries to...
So ... when did Lyft start driving into Fort Worth and points in between?(Via.) There have long been unfounded accusations that Lyft and Uber and all the other comers on the transportation-for-hire...
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Here’s how Dallas wants to regulate cabs, Uber and Lyft. Now, tell City Hall...
If you’re burned out on Uber-Lyft-and-taxi talk, that’s completely understandable. We’ve only been talking about this for a year, ever since interim-then-not-interim Dallas City Manager A.C. Gonzalez...
View ArticlePrivate battles become public as Dallas City Council parks vote on Nelson...
The Dallas City Council was scheduled to vote today on renaming six miles of South Lancaster Road in honor of the late South African president Nelson Mandela. Instead, the man who initially proposed...
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Following council’s impromptu Trinity toll road debate, Dallas Mayor Rawlings...
The mayor doesn’t want Scott Griggs doing this without warning at council meetings anymore. Two weeks ago a couple of Dallas City Council members debated the pros and cons of a toll road between the...
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In unprecedented move, council members want open mic Wednesday to address...
Get your popcorn ready. Just when you thought the Dallas City Council could not get any more entertaining … There are a lot of familiar … [visit site to read more]
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Soccer field? Trails? Both? Council divided over how to split $12 million in...
This is where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would like the city to spend its money. A Dallas City Council committee spent more than an hour Monday afternoon arguing over how to spend $12 million in...
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