Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦🤞 We're hoping that the City Council votes against relocation
Vote on next steps for Dallas City Hall scheduled for special meeting for Wednesday June 10
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Is Dallas City Hall Plaza protected park land? That question may lead to a legal battle
“City Hall Plaza is not a commercial real estate commodity. It is a voter-funded public park & the preeminent public square for community assembly in Dallas.”
Texas Local Government Code 253.001(b): Prohibits the sale of any public square or park unless approved by a majority of Dallas voters at an election.
#ChrisBowers #SaveDallasCityHall #Dallas #KERA #MeganCardona #TX #IMPei
Artist behind Dallas’ Whaling Wall mural calls new paint job ‘shameful’
“They absolutely, disrespectfully, destroyed it. And it's shameful.”
“I'm looking at the big picture. I want to protect all public art, because it's important. Great cities have great public art, and to go in there and deface them, it's not right on any level. They should be embarrassed.”
#Dallas #WhalingWall #Mural #Art #FIFA #RobertWyland #PublicArt #VisualArtistsRightsAct #MarchetaFornoff #KERA
New Wilmer council member aims to take on rapid data center growth
“These data centers are taking over because they like to get in a county where they can run and do whatever they want without being restricted,” Garcia said.
by @ticosalvi
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Leopard spots spotted!
Casinos are illegal in Texas. So why did Las Vegas Sands post casino software jobs in Dallas? Card ♠️ ♦️ ❤️ 🃏 🎰
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Dallas asked for concepts for City Hall — and got 418 responses
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Very disappointing to say the least
TxDOT to discontinue Heartland Flyer rail service 🚆
Amtrak's Texas-Oklahoma connection to set to close do to lack of funding.
#HeartlandExpress #Rail #Amtrak #KERA #AlexsisJones #Trains #DFW #OKC
When Texas was fertile ground for prison bands
"[T]he most moving lyrics are about loneliness, heartache and how incarceration strains families."
“The musicians skated around problems. The officers treated us better. Every song you did on the albums, you’d get $10 for writing it, and if you played at the rodeo, you got $5.”
https://www.keranews.org/arts-culture/2026-03-26/texas-prison-rodeo-music
#TexasPrisonRodeo #TheMarshallProject #RedemptionSongs #Music #DollyParton #WillieNelson #Jazz #BehindTheWalls #JohnnyCash #MauriceChammah #KERA
Dallas residents say they oppose library closures as city considers a regional model 📚
"A lot of times people have what they call "quiet love" for their library. They think it's really nice and they love it, but they don't really share it," McGovern said. "And we are really asking people to love their library loudly."
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Running on faith: The message powering James Talarico’s Democratic win
"There is an element of compassion that is entirely missed from this world of walls and razor wire and ICE raids we've seen in Minneapolis and across the country. We still need to see how this plays out in November, but I think this would resonate in border counties among Tejanos who have this rich Catholic tradition of social justice."
Running on faith: The message powering James Talarico’s Democratic win
Joseph Locke, author of "One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas," discusses how politics and religion have long been intertwined in the Lone Star state, why Talarico's messaging was so effective in the primary, and how it could impact the general Election in November.