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Good Public Transit

Why Tomorrow’s DART Board Appointment Vote Is About More than Cities and Suburbs

We're about to enter an era of unprecedented transformation in how transportation fundamentally works. DART needs to be ready to respond to the moment.
By Peter Simek
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Fair Park

Dallas Has Business to Settle with the State Fair of Texas

Fair Park would be in much better shape had the State Fair actually lived-up to the terms of its contract with the city
By Peter Simek
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Government

Anna Casey Dominates Another Dallas Election

Meet the shadowy woman who got half the city council elected from her humble house in the country.
By Eric Celeste
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Crime

On My Recent Return to Prison and Catching Up With Old Friends

Seagoville Federal Correctional Institution was everything I remembered it to be.
By Barrett Brown
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Government

This Freshman Dallas Rep’s First Bill Will Help Battle the Rape Kit Backlog

The bill, authored by State Rep. Victoria Neave (she's on the right in the photo above), will use donations from driver's license renewals to test rape kits.
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AgriBusiness

Will Rural Texans Derail Metros’ Dreams of High Speed Rail?

A slate of proposed bills in the Texas legislature introduced by representatives from rural districts hope to make life difficult for Texas' bullet train project
By Peter Simek
Government

Leading Off (2/10/17)

Diocese of Dallas welcomes a new bishop, former neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch's assault trial continues, and tensions mount over police and fire pension fund talks.
By Staci Parks
Texas Pothole
Government

State Senators Employ ‘Fake News’ to Push Tax Cap Bill

If passed, the new law could leave cities without the capacity to pay for public services during economic downturns.
By Peter Simek
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Business

How Bad is Poverty in Dallas? Here Are the Numbers.

Two council reports on homelessness and community development reveal just how pressing an issue poverty is in Dallas
By Peter Simek
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