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South Dallas City Council Candidate Contests Results of May 1 Election
Donald Parish Jr., who missed Saturday's runoff by just over 25 votes, has filed a petiton calling for an investigation and possibly a new election.
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A Dallasite’s Guide to the Fort Worth Mayoral, City Council Runoffs
On the heels of substantial population growth, our neighbor to the west will get its first new mayor in a decade. What will this person be faced with?
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God and Man at the Lege: HB 3979, the ‘Critical Race Theory’ Legislation
William F. Buckley, Jr. is rolling in his grave.
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Lake Highlands High Valedictorian Pulls Switcheroo on Commencement Speech
Paxton Smith got one speech approved and then — surprise! — read another about abortion rights.
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A Dallas City Council Race Gets Partisan and Personal
A new report looks at how one runoff has split the Jewish community in North Dallas.
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Your Guide to Early Voting in Dallas: The Runoff Edition
For the second time in as many months, let's do some democracy.
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Dallas City Council Runoff Races Get Ugly
Two City Council candidates have had tax liens placed on properties they own in the last decade, although there's more to the story in each case.
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Is This the Policy That Will Finally Bridge Dallas’ North-South Divide?
The city has a new plan to encourage investment in southern Dallas. Now it has to prove the plan will succeed where others have failed.
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Dallas Polling Sites Were Down for Hours on Election Day
'We’ll never know, I suspect, how many people literally did not get to vote in this election that wanted to,' Mayor Eric Johnson said.
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State Rep. Rafael Anchía Went Viral With a History Lesson About Voting Rights
Dallas' elected legislators played a big role in getting changes made to the Republican-led plan to introduce new voting restrictions.