Dallas city leaders are actively seeking solutions to address the ongoing pension crisis, with one potential option causing concern among public transportation officials and drawing criticism from a county commissioner. Approximately 220,000 individuals rely on DART transportation services daily, highlighting the significance of any discussions regarding funding reductions. DART spokesperson Jeamy Molina emphasized the critical role public transit plays in …

One soil-filled teaspoon at a time, this obscure corner of historic Fair Park heals the local environment. The myriad tiny and painstaking tasks done in this cavernous old greenhouse — the part of Texas Discovery Gardens that the public rarely sees — create nature’s lifeblood to make Dallas a healthier place. Much of what our planet needs in the battle against …

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Thursday that his office is overseeing a new program to help small-business owners expand and aid aspiring entrepreneurs get their start by buying into existing franchises. Johnson said the Mayor’s Franchise Initiative, which would launch next year, will focus on guiding residents through the process of licensing and operating a franchise business such as restaurants, …

Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved a modified version of a plan aimed at correcting vast racial and economic inequities experienced by Black and Hispanic residents, many of whom live in the southern and western areas that have been historically segregated by city policy. While community groups and council members acknowledged the city’s first racial equity plan as a step forward to …

A book by the grandson of a slave who learned to read when he was 98 has not been banned from Southlake schools, Carroll ISD Superintendent Lane Ledbetter said Wednesday. However, some content in George Dawson’s memoir, Life is So Good, was determined inappropriate for students at the middle school bearing his name, Ledbetter said in a statement. That decision was …

WASHINGTON — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic. The report Wednesday by the Democratic-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis also sheds new light on the role that television …

KAUFMAN — Lawyers for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued Wednesday that a Kaufman County judge should toss a lawsuit alleging he acted unethically in a legal challenge that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The first public hearing in the case inside a near-empty Kaufman County courtroom was not to determine the merit of the lawsuit lodged by a disciplinary commission …

WASHINGTON – Republicans blasted President Joe Biden’s plan for student loan relief Wednesday, accusing him of unfairly shifting the cost to taxpayers with no college debt – many of whom never even attended college. “There is no way to ‘cancel’ student debt. This will cost every taxpayer an average of $2,100,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, asserting that Biden is “illegally …

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved a plan to accept nearly $251 million in loans from a state water planning and infrastructure financing agency for several Dallas Water Utilities projects. The money from the Texas Water Development Board includes $170 million over five years to replace 40 miles of city water mains each year. Another $73.3 million would go toward a …

More than two months after being placed on administrative leave, an embattled Pete Arredondo was fired from his position as Uvalde Consolidated ISD police chief Wednesday. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s board of trustees said it voted unanimously to dismiss Arredondo. Arredondo was not in attendance but through his attorney released a blistering and defiant 17-page letter that lashed …

As residents start to look for ways to recover from the floods caused by the storms that blew through North Texas earlier this week, local government officials are encouraging them to report damages to the state — an important step for requesting federal damage assistance. Residents can fill out the Individual State of Texas Assessment Tool, an online damage assessment survey that …