1+ week, 1+ day ago   (327+ words) Mayor Eric Johnson has moved to dissolve two city council committees and replace some council members in key leadership positions in a major shakeup of committee assignments on Friday. The mayor announced in a memo that he was dissolving the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (948+ words) At Dallas City Hall, finding more money for programming means taking it from somewhere else, while buying more time on the zoning front can be as simple as writing a check. Both dynamics were on display this past week as…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (553+ words) Dallas officials are working to overhaul how the city handles its real estate portfolio, with staff pitching a new framework to manage real estate assets following a series of high-profile missteps. On Monday, staff outlined a proposed governance framework to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (918+ words) Sometimes, the dynamics of Dallas land use and zoning don’t reveal themselves until something catches fire or a small business runs headlong into an obscure line of the development code. Here are some curveballs that came out of Dallas City…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1098+ words) Running a city is partly about preparing for what comes next and partly about catching up with everything that has already happened. Officials at Dallas City Hall are doing a little of both right now, contending with new development pressures,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (580+ words) City Manager Kimberly Tolbert’s proposed budget for FY 2026-2027 totals roughly $5.66 billion. It’s another record-high spending plan council members will consider as a starting point before adopting an official budget and property tax rate in September. The proposal comes as Dallas…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1149+ words) Officials are getting back into the groove of things at Dallas City Hall. Council members returned from their July recess last week to find some weighty decisions waiting for them, and the next several weeks promise plenty more debate over…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (499+ words) Mayor Eric Johnson outlined his budget priorities on Friday ahead of a critical stretch of weeks in which officials will have to make some hard choices to overcome a significant revenue gap for FY 2026-2027. In a memo to City Manager…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (397+ words) Built in 1892, the dramatic Richardsonian Romanesque Dallas County Courthouse was designed by Max A. Orlopp Jr. of the Arkansas-based architectural firm Orlopp & Kusener. Let’s pause for a moment and consider that Dallas City Hall is not yet 50 years old. Old Red…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (412+ words) By David Voss Former Assistant Director of Building Services for the City of Dallas The report was a very expensive answer to the wrong question. It turns out that the Proposed City Hall Repair Program is not a repair program…...