Attorney general says Watkins, not commissioners, has authority to select...
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office has issued an opinion this morning saying Dallas County commissioners do not have the authority to hire an attorney to represent the county in civil matters...
View ArticleCorps: City and corps are studying whether 800-year protection for levees is...
Update: I knew I should have considered my sources when I took Jim Schutze’s blog post seriously, but fortunately city council meetings are recorded and Steve Thompson has provided some useful facts...
View ArticleIs transit the key to Dallas’ future? Thinking TOD, as Dallas’ O’Donnell...
Sunday kicks off a remarkable conference in Washington focused in large part on showing cities, developers and transit agencies how to make real their dreams of using transit to anchor major...
View ArticleNTTA: FBI is investigating board members’ conduct, possible conflicts of...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the conduct of some North Texas Tollway Authority board members, including possible conflicts of interest, the authority disclosed Friday. NTTA...
View ArticleKent Cagle to leave NTTA board as he accepts Leander post, Vandergriff may...
NTTA board member Kent Cagle is leaving the board, and leaving North Texas. He’s been hired as city manager of Leander, and starts next month. Cagle said over the weekend that he will send Dallas...
View ArticleRawlings to South Dallas developers: ‘I’m still a tollroad guy’
Mayor Mike Rawlings is “still a toll road guy.” I think that was clear as a bell this morning and on our blog, where we’ve reported that he’s asked for answers from the Texas Department of...
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San Francisco cyclist who ignored red lights puts bikers there under scrutiny...
A memorial site sits along the Katy Trail, where Lauren Huddleston was struck by a cyclist and later died. The photo was taking in January, 2011. The incident occurred Sept. 30, 2010. (Jim...
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Kirk praises Rawlings, says education improvements critical to Dallas’s future
Ron Kirk traveled the world as the USA's top trade negotiator in President Obama's Cabinet, including the visit to Geneva above. But he was passionate on Thursday when talking about the challenge...
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Wendell Berry at 80: If he were to return to Dallas would he find it a more...
Wendell Berry, in conversation with the author, on his front porch in July, 2012. Photo by Michael A. Lindenberger WASHINGTON — Wendell Berry turns 80 today, a fine milestone for a wonderful writer...
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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to Supreme Court: Strike down states’ gay marriage...
The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in what most expect to be the culminating decision on gay marriage on April 28. WASHINGTON–Mayor Mike Rawlings of Dallas has joined 225 other U.S....
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As Trinity swells again, a reminder that we still haven't fixed the levees
Flood waters from the swollen Trinity River surround a roadway as people walk from the Sylvan Avenue bridge towards the flooded Trinity River Greenbelt Park on Friday, May 29, 2015, in Dallas. (Smiley...
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