Dallas County

Parkland Health's CEO presented a proposed fiscal year 2026 budget to Dallas County commissioners Tuesday.

Dallas County is considering whether to supplement judges salaries for merit or cost of living in the 2026 fiscal year budget, while facing nearly $30 million higher operations costs.

Priorities and action recommended by the county's budget staff were discussed with commissioners in a workshop ahead of a Sept. 9 vote to adopt the fiscal year plan.

Inconsistent financial help could potentially burden Dallas County taxpayers with an estimated nearly $383 million per year for HIV prevention and treatment costs.

The election official, who previously worked in Tarrant County, won praise for pushing back on misinformation.

Crews cleared a section of the roughly 125-year-old forest to access a sewer line during maintenance earlier this year.

Nimbus, the new COVID-19 variant, has caused an uptick in cases, while federal funding cuts have forced Dallas County to lay off staff and hold fewer vaccination clinics.

A North Texas infectious disease specialist discusses the "NIMBUS" variant behind many of the COVID-19 cases in the current summer surge in Texas and other states.

Students and naturalists have been sneaking onto private land to extricate threatened native plants: “This is a war between us and the developers, and nobody’s calling uncle.”

A 26-year-old woman accused of smuggling fentanyl into the Dallas County Jail is facing murder charges after another inmate apparently died of an overdose.

State District Judge Amber Givens was admonished and reprimanded by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for complaints filed several years ago.

The extreme heat can take a physical toll if we’re not careful. A North Texas therapist explains how the heat can adversely affect mental health.