Council members approved the resolution Wednesday night in a 12-3 vote.

If approved, City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert would be directed to evaluate real estate opportunities for the future of city hall and surrounding properties.

From fighting fires as a teenage volunteer to teaching college students about emergency health care, Dr. Jeffrey Jarvis’ love of helping people led him to his role overseeing emergency medical response in the nation’s 11th-largest city.

The federal government paused SNAP payments at the beginning of the month because of the shutdown.

After 41 days of a government shutdown, the U.S. Senate passed a set of bills to reopen the government. The House comes back to vote as early as Wednesday afternoon.

Food assistance benefits were cut off in November due to the government shutdown. That's led a handful of state agencies to post messages blaming Republicans or Democrats for the shutdown on official websites.

The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in history.

Dallas City Manager Kimberly Tolbert submitted the request Thursday, documents show.

Attorney General Paxton sent letters to Garland, Northwest, Judson and Liberty Hill ISDs accusing them of using tax dollars to advocate for recent school funding elections, something the districts deny.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said it was unclear how the program would work fiscally or operationally for the city and its police department after a joint committee meeting that he called.

Dallas city council members rejected joining the ICE 287(g) task force program and called Mayor Eric Johnson's request to discuss and reconsider the program political.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas can enforce Senate Bill 12, which restricts "sexually oriented performances" in front of kids. The judges said drag shows aren't necessarily sexual, and the plaintiffs, including a drag performer and two entertainment companies, may not be harmed by the law.