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As budget work continues, take a look at how Dallas police and fire salaries measure up 27 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
Dallas police SWAT officers stage outside a house in Hamilton Park in April. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News) Budget season is visit site to read more]
Dallas defends use of police to crack down on Uber; Rawlings says city must ensure ‘everyone plays by the same rules’ 27 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Boris Breslav is a Dallas driver for Uber, the San Francisco-based technology company that insists it's not a transportation provider. (Vernon Bryant/Staff photographer) Update at 3:34 … [visit site ...
Update: Rawlings ‘surprised’ by ordinance intended to curb Uber service; vows to ‘get to the bottom of this’ 27 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
Update at 4:41 p.m.: I will be speaking to Mayor Mike Rawlings shortly. Until then we will have to go with this brief statement just issued by his chief of staff, Paula Blackmon: I was surprised … [v...
Dallas to rewrite limo regulations in effort to calm cabbies unhappy with app-summoned Uber 25 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
Uber pulled into Dallas in one year ago, offering residents a ride with a few taps of an app. Drunk or stuck or just not sure where you are? Fine by Uber, which uses your smartphone’s GPS to track you...
In the works, when someone can raise the money, a 15.5-mile trail linking the Arboretum to Trinity River Audubon Center 23 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
Click to enlarge for a look at the map of the proposed trail linking White Rock to the Trinity Forest. visit site to read more]
Dallas council rejects effort to scale back city’s spending 22 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Lee Kleinman An effort to stem spending at Dallas City Hall didn’t make it past a majority of the City Council this afternoon. Prior to a … [visit site to read more]
Boy Scouts, North Texas Food Bank, Goodwill and others ask Mayor Rawlings to trash proposed single-use bag ban 21 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm
Plastic bags and other trash stuck in a tree along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas (LaraSolt/Staff photographer) The Dallas City Council will spend a good chunk of the afternoon discussing a p...
Southern Dallas charter school fails city fire, building inspections, won’t open in time for classes tomorrow 21 Aug 2013 | 03:08 am
The Harmony School of Nature won't be ready to open in time for the scheduled for day of classes tomorrow due to failed city fire and building inspections. A Mountain … [visit site to read more]
Dallas has a new alignment for long-planned trail along the Trinity River. And now it actually runs along the river. 21 Aug 2013 | 01:54 am
Your new Trinity River trail, which actually runs along the Trinity River Two months after the council got into a surprisingly heated argument over a long-planned, $4.5-mile-long, $6.4-million path a...
In split vote, Dallas County commissioners agree to sue Texas Gov. Rick Perry over voter ID 20 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, left, and Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins speak to reporters following the outcome of today's vote. (Brandon Formby/Staff writer) visit site to read mo...
