Fort Worth City Council

The city council approved a $250,000 settlement with the family of Andre Craig, 57, who was killed when a Fort Worth police officer ran a red light and hit him while pursuing a stolen car.

City staff said a vote to adopt the resolution would have made Fort Worth comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to end DEI initiatives in local government or risk losing federal financial assistance.

Fort Worth City Council members approved an agreement with Arlington for an economic analysis of the proposed bullet train. The April 22 agreement calls for Fort Worth to spend up to $75,000, while Arlington will spend $183,750.

Fort Worth City Council members will vote June 24 on a resolution to suspend the city’s diversity and inclusion department.

One year after a split Fort Worth City Council derailed the city’s traditional Pride recognition, Mayor Mattie Parker declared June as Pride month in Fort Worth.

Mia Hall took 57% of the vote in the open race against Daryl Davis II to represent southwest Fort Worth and Como.

As early voting opened for the June 7 runoff election Tuesday, the Fort Worth Report hosted candidates Daryl Davis II and Mia Hall to talk about their vision for the district, which covers most of southwest Fort Worth and the historically Black neighborhood of Como.

Republican commissioners have said they want to grow their majority on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court by redrawing the maps. Democrats, including U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey, say commissioners are achieving that through racial gerrymandering.

Fort Worth City Council members voted 6-4 along partisan lines to oppose Tarrant County’s unusual mid-decade plan to redraw precinct lines, standing against the adoption of any map that would change the existing precincts.

Five members are requesting that council take a formal stance on the unusual mid-decade redistricting process.

Reynolds, a leader of the nonprofit R4 Foundation, stood at the lectern with a message for Fort Worth ISD trustees: Make the difficult decision. For the sake of the children, she said.

The Fort Worth Police Department's backlog was attributed to a lack of certified staff.