Bill Approved to Save Dallas Police and Fire Pension System. Yesterday, the Texas House unanimously approved a bill to save the police and fire pension system from insolvency within 10 years. Not everyone was happy, though. “I am not surprised, but I am incredulous. The House dealt a brutal blow that was devastating to the taxpayers of the city of Dallas. They have been taken to the alley and beaten up pretty bad over this,” Mayor Mike Rawlings said. The city already pays more than $120 million a year for the system. Rawlings plans to visit Austin today to keep fighting the bill, which is not out of the House quite yet.
North Lake College Shooting Deceased Identified. In what appeared to be a murder-suicide at the Irving college, a woman found in a study area was identified as 20-year-old Janeera Nickol Gonzalez. A man with what looked like a self-inflicted gunshot wound was identified as 21-year-old Adrian Victor Torres. It’s not certain whether they knew each other.
Two People Killed at Arlington Sports Bar. At Zona Caliente yesterday evening, a man walked in and fatally shot an employee. Then, a customer with a handgun fatally shot the gunman. The Arlington police spokesman said the customer “prevented further loss of life.”
