Cecilia Lenzen | Fort Worth Report

Days before the May 3 election, sitting Fort Worth City Council members have continued to outpace their challengers in fundraising, with Mayor Mattie Parker maintaining more than $1 million in campaign cash as of April 25.

Fort Worth officials are tentatively planning to adopt a general fund budget of $1.097 billion, an increase of $40.2 million, or 3.81%, over last year’s budget, city staff said Tuesday.

Five officers visited four New York City art institutions as part of their investigation into allegations of child pornography at the Modern.

For the first time since 2013, a new face at City Hall will represent the majority of Fort Worth’s easternmost neighborhoods, including the historic Stop Six area.

Organizers offered resources for participants to get civically engaged in their local communities after the April 19 march.

In an effort to honor Latino history and further representation across the city, Fort Worth City Council member Carlos Flores wants to make Cesar Chavez Day a paid holiday for all city employees.

The $55K program is one of several initiatives to address homelessness. Some council members say penalizing donations to panhandlers could help more.

The city announced the shelter closures March 27, citing its need to contain and mitigate the spread of the highly contagious, incurable and airborne canine distemper virus. Since then, the shelters have been on lockdown, not allowing the intake or release of any dogs.

Tarrant County Democratic Party Chair Crystal Gayden said Tuesday that her party is strategically restructuring, although she declined to share details on what that restructuring looks like.

A district court has ruled in favor of Fort Worth in a 2023 lawsuit challenging the city’s short-term rental regulations.

Leaders in Fort Worth and Forest Hill say both cities share the pain of a double murder that killed a young father and his daughter Monday morning — and it will take a collaborative effort to combat the rising murder rate in the small southeast Fort Worth suburb.

Nearly three years after Fort Worth officials first pledged support for the National Juneteenth Museum, council members officially confirmed plans to lease city property for the construction of the project.