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Voters in two Dallas ISD districts will have the chance to weigh in on contested school board races. Whoever is elected will work with Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde in overseeing a vision for the state’s second-largest district. DISD is working to catch children up after pandemic-induced setbacks and aiming to make campuses safer. Trustees face important decisions about the district’s nearly $2 …

Dallas County Commissioners have approved investments in at least 195 affordable housing units, inching closer to their goal of 2,000 units within the next three years. They allocated about $12 million Tuesday to six projects across mostly southern areas of the county slated to help a myriad of lower-income populations, including veterans, families and individuals. Commissioner Andrew Sommerman said in …

On Sept. 25, Tua Tagovailoa banged his head on the turf after being knocked to the ground in a game against the Buffalo Bills. Stumbling to his feet, the Miami Dolphins quarterback was evaluated for a concussion, but returned to the field for the second half. Tagovailoa was carried off his next game Sept. 29 in a stretcher, hospitalized with …

Some inmates on the cusp of probation remain in the Dallas County jail for two weeks while they await clinical assessments required by prosecutors, exacerbating a problem with stays in the system that are keeping the jail near capacity and costing the county millions. The delays in the process of granting probation are contributing to a bottleneck in the county …

The two emperor tamarin monkeys that were stolen from the Dallas Zoo last month were seen running around in their enclosure Monday after being released from quarantine. The monkeys, Bella and Finn, were declared missing on Jan. 30 after police said their habitat had been cut. They were found alive the next day inside a closet in a vacant home …

Plano has four city council seats up for election on May 6, but only two will be contested. Places 1, 3, 5 and 7 are up for election this cycle. Six candidates filed by the city’s deadline at 5 p.m. on Friday to appear on the ballot. Three incumbents are running for Places 1, 5 and 7 — and incumbents …

An impressive late February warm-up is underway across North Texas. Afternoon highs will range from 20 to 25 degrees above normal today, topping out in the mid to upper 80s! (It won’t be a record though. The record high for today is 95). Most sunny skies will prevail with a southwest breeze. Our next storm system is set to arrive …

Frisco’s former fire chief Mark Piland is seeking to oust Jeff Cheney as the city’s mayor in a three-way race for the seat which also includes Jonathan David Spencer. After serving more than nine years as the city’s fire chief, Piland retired last fall to pursue other career opportunities. He has lived in the city of Frisco for nine years and is …

High school senior Kenneth Haggerty has learned about the development and massacre of Black Wall Street, the in-depth history of prominent Black figures like Malcolm X and the influences of hip hop music. The Advanced Placement African American studies course he’s in encourages conversations, debates, collaboration and hands-on assignments on topics often left out in “the regular curriculum,” he said. …

Everybody in Dallas has a hot take on the topic of parking. The small business owner who can’t open because his site doesn’t have sufficient city-required spots. The developer who had to shave off part of his charming building to make the numbers work. The office worker who is unable to find a spot he can squeeze into because the …