Denton City Council

Denton Mayor Gerard Hudspeth traveled to Austin on Friday to testify in support of the GOP’s rare mid-decade congressional redistricting efforts, which would add five Republican-leaning seats to the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Denton Arts and Jazz Festival will be scaled back this year due to the city's budget cuts. The festival has four months to figure out how to handle a loss in funding and an increase in park rental fees.

According to Tuesday’s staff presentation, $27 million of the funds will be used to supplement projects from the 2019 general obligation bond election, and some of it will go toward replacing old and adding new infrastructure due to growth.

The City of Denton will need to find a way to cut $14.5 million in spending or risk dipping into their savings account, which could hurt their credit rating. City Manager Sara Hensley spoke out against the city's rising debt and costly ventures.

Two and a half years after its passage, the Denton City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to repeal the low-level marijuana decriminalization ordinance that city officials refused to enforce.

The City Council is likely to repeal Denton’s low-level marijuana decriminalization ordinance on Tuesday, which has never been enforced since more than 32,000 voters passed it in 2022, in the city’s largest-ever turnout for a municipal election.

Residents in Denton voted Saturday to elect candidates to positions in city council, school board.

An empty chair at the Denton County Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday served as a solemn reminder of the tragedy Commissioner Bobbie J. Mitchell and her family faced the day before.

The race for the Denton City Council seat to represent District 3 will be one to watch as three women campaign for a seat held by Paul Meltzer, who decided against running for reelection.

The race for Denton City Council’s District 2 seat is a battle of progressives. Incumbent Brian Beck, who is seeking a third term, faces a challenge from his former campaign adviser, Nick Stevens.

McAdams Haven, a new affordable multifamily housing project, seeks to address a “deep need for supportive housing in our community,” George Ferrie, board president of the Denton Affordable Housing Corporation, told the Denton City Council last week.

Denton’s election filing period ended Monday with only one new candidate added in the last month of filing in the crowded race for Paul Meltzer’s District 3 City Council seat.