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Dallas County commissioner calls on Dallas to build a new jail and courthouse
DALLAS — Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price this week called on Dallas to consider building its own jail and for the construction of a new courthouse. Price told city council members Wednesday that space at the 7,100-person capacity, nearly 50-year-old Lew Sterrett Justice Center is an issue and called on the city to pay more toward it to cover its costs.
The 2024 State Fair of Texas is finally here: See dates, hours and ticket sales
The iconic State Fair of Texas has returned for its 2024 festivities, complete with its 20th annual Big Tex Choice Awards. With fair foods, attractions and shows, rides and games, rodeo, auto show and live music, the fair guarantees 24 days of fun for people of all ages and with all interests. Here's what to know about this year's event. ...
Texas reviewed the Marvin Nichols Reservoir and thinks it’s good to go. What do you think?
The hotly contested project, pitched as a safeguard against future water shortages in the Metroplex, stalled in 2023 after intense opposition prompted an assessment of the proposal’s feasibility.
3 apartment towers to rise where historic hotel once stood in central Dallas neighborhood
DALLAS — This story was originally published by our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal. You can read the original version here. Initial site work has begun for a multimillion-dollar redevelopment where a historic hotel burned down a few years ago in Dallas' Cedars neighborhood. Where the old...
Dallas VA Medical Center overpaid $3.7 million for wheelchair services, review says
DALLAS — The Dallas VA Medical Center will need to recover $3.7 million it overpaid a contractor for wheelchair-accessible transportation services between 2022 and 2023, according to a review published Wednesday by the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG review was conducted following a hotline referral received...
The State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject challenge
The State Fair of Texas opened Friday under a new firearms ban, having withstood weeks of pressure from Republicans who had charged into a public rift with one of the state's most beloved institutions and have spent years championing looser gun laws.Organizers put the ban in place following a shooting last year that injured three people and sent some fairgoers running and climbing over barriers to flee. By the time thousands of visitors began streaming through the gates in Dallas on Friday— greeted by a roughly five-story tall cowboy statue known as “Big Tex” — the state's highest...
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