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City of Dallas workers put up a sign that the encampment has been closed under the I-30 bridge Feb. 29, 2024, in Dallas. For months caseworkers have helped the residents with documents, applications and have moved them out to housing.

Yfat Yossifor

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Dallas County and Collin County will consider 'Homeless Response Tax Proposal'

Housing Forward and the All Neighbors Coalition will present to a Dallas County committee on Monday a proposal for homeless tax to sustain housing and outreach efforts.

Estelle Hebron-Jones, director of special projects at Texas Defender Service, speaking outside the Tarrant County Courthouse on May 7, 2026.

Penelope Rivera

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‘An extreme outlier’: Group accuses Tarrant County DA of seeking death penalty against minorities

Penelope Rivera

Tobacco distributor RJR Vapor argued in the Texas Supreme Court Oct. 8, 2025, that it shouldn’t have to pay state tobacco taxes on the VELO nicotine pouches and lozenges it sells in Texas.

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Texas can tax VELO oral nicotine products as tobacco, state Supreme Court rules

Toluwani Osibamowo

A woman wearing a black cape, pink dress and black boots stands behind a salon chair while giving a haircut.

Priscilla Rice

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New immigration rule for Texas occupational licenses leaves some beauty professionals in ‘limbo'

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Mental health crisis response teams in Dallas expand services to teens, kids with new pilot program

Abigail Ruhman

Dallas launched its RIGHT Care Program in 2018 to divert people experiencing a mental health crisis from hospitals and jails, when appropriate. Now, the program is testing out two teams that expand those services to mental health related 911 calls that involve children and adolescents.
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Daystar Television Network president and founder Joni Lamb dies

Marissa Greene | Fort Worth Report

The Bedford-based Christian network announced Lamb’s death on Thursday. She was 65.
Business/Economy

Vendors at the Long Bazaar in Northside scramble after surprise sale to Goodwill

Nicole Williams Quezada | Fort Worth Report

Goodwill bought Long Bazaar in Fort Worth, with plans for 70 jobs and a training center. Market occupants seek a new spot for their wares.
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TWU regains access to Canvas after nationwide outage. Other universities are still waiting

Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales | Denton Record-Chronicle

Canvas is a widely used, web-based learning management system, a sort of digital classroom where educators load materials and assignments for students, and where students submit assignments and get their grades.