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DFW Politics in 2026 — City Hall, County Commissioners & the Texas Legislature
Dallas-Fort Worth is the political engine of Texas. Dallas City Council and the Dallas County Commissioners Court set policy for the county's 2.6 million residents. Fort Worth and Tarrant County have their own parallel governments, often competing for regional resources. At the state level, DFW's legislative delegation — spread across the Texas House and Senate — consistently shapes legislation affecting the entire state. Local elections in 2026 will determine city council seats and county judges across both counties.
Some Dallas residents are upset that the new Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center renovations are set to essentially cut off Oak Cliff from Downtown Dallas.Dallas Convention Center plans facing backlashLast month, Dallas City Council members on the transportation committee told staff that they want the full council to consider sending the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center plans back to the drawing board.Today, staff tried to get the committee to reconsider that recommendation, but council members stuck to their decision.Right now the problem is that the Houston Street and Jefferson Street viaducts are both two-way bridges connecting Oak Cliff and Southern Dallas into and out of Downtown Dallas.The new convention center plans would cause Jefferson Street to dead-end into the convention center. The plans would also make each bridge one way. City councilmember rejects push to save the design Dallas city council member Chad West says that the design team never pre
A person was killed on Sunday after a vehicle crossed onto Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) tracks and was struck by a Blue Line train in northeast Dallas, according to DART officials.Dallas DART Train crashThe collision occurred near the intersection of Royal Lane and Audelia Road.The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not released the person's identity pending notification of next of kin.Two passengers aboard the train reported minor injuries, DART said. The train operator was not injured.Additional details about how the vehicle entered the tracks were not immediately available. Officials have not said whether service on the Blue Line was affected.The incident remains under investigation.
Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton said that Dallas will host his party's midterm convention later this year.Paxton said Dallas will host the GOP midterm in September during a tele-town hall on Tuesday.Paxton said he anticipates Trump coming to the midterm to help him campaign in his Senate race with Democrat James Talarico.We don't know the dates that the midterm convention would be, or what venue would host it.Sources confirmed in March that the Republican Party is exploring a national convention for the midterm elections, with Dallas being one of the cities under consideration to host the event. Dave Brown, the general manager of the American Airlines Center, told FOX 4 representatives of the National Republican Party toured the AAC in late February, but they didn't share any details about the possible event. The reps were given all the rental information, including technical aspects and rental fee details, which, on average, is about $125,000 per day. "Typically, parties
On Wednesday, Dallas City Council will decide if the city should spend millions of dollars to explore options for new city hall and 911-call center locations. The vote tomorrow, if approved, would mean that the city manager could spend up to $3 million to explore new locations for the City of Dallas to lease, or buy, a new city hall location and a 911 and 311 call center. Dallas considers $3M fund for new city hall searchSo the second vote in the process of leaving Dallas' City Hall will mean the Dallas City Council is invested in a potential move. The proponents of leaving city hall argue that the vote is about transparency. They say that this is the step that will allow the public to eventually see about two to four different options for the new city hall location. That will likely happen in August, at which time there will be a vote to approve one of the locations, while also voting separately about what happens to the old Dallas City Hall site. Earlier, members of the Dallas City C
Dallas residents are finding the city's new water billing system exasperating to navigate, and council members have been getting an earful. Dallas Go Launch sparks long wait timesThe city's new water billing system went into place a month ago. Now thousands of Dallas residents are trying to get help navigating the site. The wait time to get through to the city's 311 system has gone from 90 seconds to 35 minutes. The city's new water billing system, called Dallas Go, is bringing everything to a screeching halt as the city said it's getting more than 2,500 calls a day from customers trying to navigate the new system. Council members call the new water billing system a disasterAmong the confused were City Council members themselves. Dallas City Council member Bill Roth explained that one of the issues for business owners or landlords is the fact that separate emails need to be established for a single account. "This has been a disaster," he said, "We're getting hundreds of calls to my off
Note: This story was updated at 8:15 p.m. June 16 to include a second Save Dallas City Hall letter to the city. During last week’s special-called City Council meeting about City Hall (not to be confused with this week’s special-called meeting about City Hall), the motion the Council ultimately voted on may run afoul of … Continued The post Dallas City Hall Drama Has Entered the Courtroom Again appeared first on D Magazine.
A survey designed to gauge opinion on the fate of Dallas City Hall found that most would prefer to restore and renovate the not-quite-50-year-old building designed by I.M. Pei. Conducted via Google Forms, the unscientific poll used draft questions originally presented to the City Council that were eschewed in the city’s ZenCity survey. In the ZenCity survey, … Continued The post Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Restoring City Hall appeared first on D Magazine.
