Irving City Council

The Lone Star Conservative Action Fund paid for campaign signs for three Irving city council candidates running in the May election.

Families for Irving PAC previously supported two other candidates who won seats on the council. If their preferred candidates win in May, five of the nine Irving City Council seats would be filled by lawmakers supported by the group.

Three Irving City Council seats will be on the May 3, 2025 election ballot.

A proposed mixed-use development that would include a destination resort with casino gaming has received both support and opposition from area residents.

The city of Irving could approve rezoning an area that would allow for casino gaming in the event that casino gambling is legalized in Texas. Residents are pushing back.

Irving Planning and Zoning Commission will vote next week on proposed zoning for a destination resort connected to the Las Vegas Sands Corp. on the site of the former Texas Stadium, but critics are against its potential for casino gambling.

Irving City Council reviewed the Media Production Development Zone Act during its Jan. 16 work session. The act allows for a two-year, tax exempt period to fund a media production facility.

Proposition A would allow Irving firefighters to collectively bargain with the city and give them "a seat at the table."

The council passed a resolution this week in support of lowering its sales tax contribution to the transit agency. Plano and Rowlett have passed similar resolutions in recent weeks.

This election could give a “traditional family values” coalition more sway over the municipal body.

The 2024 increase will only impact wastewater rates, but Irving officials plan to increase both rates over the next four years.

Justices deliberated Friday about whether to hear the Irving case. At issue is whether city council election districts violate the “one person, one vote”…