WNBA’s Dallas Wings poised to relocate to downtown Dallas arena in proposed deal with city | #citycouncil
Dallas officials are poised to approve a 15-year deal designed to bring the WNBA’s Dallas Wings to the downtown convention center arena, three city officials told The Dallas Morning News. The City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a resident use and incentive agreement for the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, part of the Kay Bailey […]
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Mayor says Chiefs have “serious opportunity” to return to Dallas
Dallas mayor Eric Johnson seems determined to bring the Chiefs home. The franchise started as the AFL’s Dallas Texans, before surrendering the city to the NFL’s Cowboys and moving to Kansas City in 1963. On the heels of the landslide decision by Jackson County, Missouri voters to reject the extension of a sales tax to […]
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Mayor of Dallas rooting for Chiefs to move back to Dallas
The Chiefs’ future is very much in doubt after Jackson County, Missouri, voters overwhelmingly rejected a sales tax extension that would have renovated Arrowhead Stadium. Before Tuesday’s vote, Chiefs president Mark Donovan had threatened the team could leave if the measure didn’t pass. Where would they go if they did move? Dallas mayor Eric Johnson, […]
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says he voted for Donald Trump for president – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, who declared himself a Republican last fall, steered clear of partisan politics during his first term in the nonpartisan position and refused to publicly endorse President Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Johnson says he voted Tuesday for Trump as president in the Texas Republican primary because he believes the former […]
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A petition to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson fails
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An effort to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson over his joining the Republican Party failed this week, the city secretary announced Wednesday. Former Dallas City Council candidate Davante Peters launched a petition in […]
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Kimberly Tolbert to become interim Dallas City Manager – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil
The Dallas City Council has moved ahead to have an acting city manager in place when the current city manager leaves in June. In a twelve to two vote, council members appointed Kimberly Tolbert to the role of interim city manager. Tolbert currently serves as Deputy City Manager. Council members cited a rough relationship between […]
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What’s the future of Dallas after city manager resignation? – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil
A new chapter in Dallas City Hall discord over City Manager T.C. Broadnax came Thursday with a new edict from Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson. Broadnax announced his resignation Wednesday after a city council majority dropped support for him. In 7 years as Dallas City Manager Broadnax saw accomplishments but also lingering problems that contributed to […]
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson paid campaign money to firm tied to his new Republican group
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson won reelection by a landslide in May then started paying a consulting firm run by his former chief of staff thousands of dollars a month in campaign funds, records show. Adept Strategies, which was registered with the state on the same day the mayor reported making his first payment to it, […]
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson recall petition likely to fail, lead organizer says
The lead organizer of a petition attempting to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says the effort will likely fall well short of the 103,595 valid voters’ signatures needed by March 5. Davante Peters told The Dallas Morning News on Monday that he estimates having close to 10,000 signatures, planned to keep getting people to sign […]
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Letters to the Editor – Child care, Dallas mayor, electric grid, Taylor Swift
Better ways to do this Re: “Restrictions eased in residential zones — Dallas City Council clears path for more centers to be opened,” Thursday Metro & Business story. The city can do better to increase child care. The best idea Dallas can come up with is to remove the special-use permit requirement for a child […]
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