Fort Worth City Hall

Construction on Fort Worth’s new City Hall is nearing completion, with a grand opening slated for early 2025.

In Fort Worth, a housing voucher doesn’t guarantee anyone a place to live. In fact, the housing voucher denial rate in the city is as high as 78%, a previous Fort Worth Report story found.

While next year’s budget is more than six months from completion, Fort Worth City Council members met to discuss next year’s goals as the city implements a new strategy for forming its annual budget.

Construction of Fort Worth’s new City Hall and council chambers will continue through 2025.

Fort Worth city officials say a group called SiegedSec posted internal information from the city's maintenance order management website online. According to one of the group's posts, they targeted Texas over its ban on gender-affirming care.

The city was familiar with the title company and felt comfortable taking on the purchase on an expedited timeline, Gutt said in a statement.

A 1994 ordinance bans kids under 17 from staying out late in Fort Worth without adult supervision. Critics say it targets Black and brown communities.

Voters denied a raise for Fort Worth City Council members Saturday, once again signaling a hesitancy to enshrine higher council pay in the city’s charter.