Marina Trahan Martinez
Dallas County Government Accountability Reporter-
The majority of Dallas County commissioners voted to add a homelessness and public safety tax proposal to the November election ballot. -
Dallas County commissioners agreed to discuss next week whether to add a homelessness services and public safety tax proposal to the November ballot. -
A person in Dallas County Sheriff's Department custody crawled into a restroom ceiling at an area hospital. -
The League of United Latin American Citizens sued Secretary of State Jane Nelson and county elections administrators state-wide for attempts to remove "potential noncitizens" from voter rolls. -
At a camp for drummers, students learned more about playing traditional Northern Mexican music they love, which the organizer says is ingrained in the culture and will never die. -
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price was the sole dissent for an advisory group to run the mental health care provider's restructuring for more than half a million dollars. -
More than 125 local, state and federal agencies are authorized to use the state-of-the-art crisis and threat management facility as a central command center. -
Dallas County practices many of the successful approaches Florida's Miami-Dade County uses to reduce mental health-related incarceration, despite one key law difference. -
Dallas County officials are exploring Miami-Dade County's jail and court processing model in Florida to reduce jail crowding and mental health-related recidivism here. -
Diane Bailey died at Parkland Hospital on her birthday nearly two months after she was booked into the Dallas County jail for a class C misdemeanor drug charge. -
Offord will face Republican Skye Garcia in the November general election. One of them will succeed John Warren, Dallas County's first Black county clerk. -
Tarrant, Collin, and Denton counties also saw more Republicans turn out. The race between Texas AG Ken Paxton and Sen. John Cornyn may be a significant factor.
