Dallas County

Some city leaders and immigrant advocates are leading a ballot initiative to allow non-U.S. citizens to serve on any of the city’s more than 50 advisory boards and commissions. Voters will be able to decide whether they support the propositions in the spring election.

COVID-19 case numbers in Dallas County have plateaued in recent weeks, but PolicyLab researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia say another wave could be on the horizon.

While the spring election hasn’t received as much attention as last November’s presidential and state Legislative contests, the candidates on the ballot potentially have much more influence on residents’ day-to-day lives.Here’s what you need to know about the May 1 election.

If you could quit your job and do something that feeds your passion, would you do it? Damon Tyler did. He followed his dream and lived it for one day until COVID-19 hit. But he found a way to work around the pandemic and is again pursuing his passion.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will not appear on the ballot, but all 14 Dallas City Council seats and three Dallas ISD board seats are up for grabs. The City of Dallas has two propositions to determine if non-U.S. citizens can serve on advisory boards. Plus, there's a whole host of races and items on the ballot for other cities the county.

To help combat food insecurity among the homeless population in Dallas, volunteers came together over the weekend to build a community garden for Camp Rhonda. But not all of the encampment's residents are happy about the project.

Dallas city officials joined the family of Botham Jean on Saturday to rename a street in honor of the 26-year-old accountant shot and killed by an off-duty police officer.

Grassroots organizers and county employees are organizing registration events in some of the underserved neighborhoods in the city. But they still worry it won't be enough.

Wednesday marked a week since Gov. Greg Abbott lifted the mask mandate and capacity restrictions in Texas, and KERA's photographer Keren Carrión took a look at how Dallas residents are going masked or mask-less to local restaurants, bars and patios.

Findings by scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a new way in which exercise strengthens bones and immune function.

Craig Watkins' 2006 campaign for Dallas County DA was built on the support of Black churches.

The president and CEO of the Parkland Center For Clinical Innovation talks about the need for Dallas County to ramp up vaccinations to reach herd immunity by mid-June.