Dallas County Commissioner

Total repayment costs could be up to $688 million over several decades.

Ensuring public safety during the FIFA World Cup likely will cost the county more from its own pocket than its cut of $50 million for North Texas to share.

Housing Forward and the All Neighbors Coalition — proposed to the county a homelessness response tax to consistently fund efforts.

Housing Forward and the All Neighbors Coalition will present to a Dallas County committee on Monday a proposal for homeless tax to sustain housing and outreach efforts.

The Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice created a streamlined inmate pickup program to reduce delays, which have cost the county millions.

Housing Forward and the City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management say they will continue the strategy that metrics show have worked since 2024, instead of shifting to quick, short term fixes.

Certificates of obligation, which do not require voter approval, would pay for facility construction, renovations and equipment throughout the county.

Confusion over where to vote plagued the March 3 primary election in Dallas County. Now the GOP wants to return to county-wide voting.

Election department software tracked thousands of times navigators posted at primary voting locations helped redirect voters to their correct precinct-voting site.

Dallas County primary elections have nearly 200 races and almost two dozen propositions on the Republican and Democratic ballots.

A Dallas County juvenile detention center supervision officer continues Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and post-surgery care after a 15-year-old allegedly hit him last April, shattering bones around and below his eye.

The Dallas County Republican Party has combined precincts and Election Day vote centers, some of which violate state law, says Commissioner Andy Sommerman.