Emily Wolf | Fort Worth Report
Emily Wolf is a local government accountability reporter for the Fort Worth Report. She grew up in Round Rock, Texas, and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in investigative journalism. Reach her at emily.wolf@fortworthreport.org for more stories by Emily Wolf click here.
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As schools and cities prepare for the financial impact of TAD’s new reappraisal plan, State Rep. Chris Turner has filed bills to stymie the plan’s rollout.
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Less than 24 hours after the city opened up applications for its utility bill payment assistance program, it closed the application portal. A message on the application portal informed residents that the program, administered by the Community Action Partners division, has reached its application limit for February.
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Last May, Fort Worth City Council members unanimously approved a plan to dissolve the region’s longtime EMS provider, MedStar. The city opted to switch to a fire-based EMS system, housed within its fire department.
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In its first meeting of the new year, the Tarrant Appraisal District’s board of directors swore in four newly elected members and quickly got to work changing its policy manual.
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All 11 Fort Worth City Council seats are up for election this year. And residents are guaranteed at least one new face on council, after District 5’s Gyna Bivens announced she isn’t running for reelection after 12 years in the seat.
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To prepare for the 89th regular session of the Texas Legislature, lawmakers have started prefiling bills they hope to see reach the governor’s desk this summer. Among them are a series of bills designed to change key aspects of how Texas appraisal districts function.
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Appraisal district board members voted 6-3 against renewing their membership at a Dec. 13 meeting, citing the association’s legislative agenda and the testimony of its legislative chair, Brent South, to lawmakers.
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The moves are the latest step in an ongoing process to establish a fire-based EMS system in the city.
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The vote comes after a week of controversy, with two council members saying the day before that they wanted to restart the hiring process.
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Jay Chapa is poised to be hired as Fort Worth’s next city manager, becoming the first Hispanic person in the city’s history to hold the position.
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Fort Worth City Council members have quietly taken the next step in the search for a new city manager. The council interviewed five candidates for the position Dec. 3, three council members confirmed to the Report.
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Fort Worth’s T&P Station has welcomed visitors to the city for nearly a century. Now, a recently completed public works project is shining light on some of the historic figures that have stepped off a train throughout the years.