Police look on as demonstrators gathered outside Austin Police headquarters for another night of protest against police violence in June. Austin cut its police budget and moved some functions out of the department last year. Texas officials want to make it harder for cities to reduce law enforcement budgets. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune
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The Texas Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prevent local governments from cutting their law enforcement budgets without voter approval.
It was the Legislature’s most substantial move yet in a political war over police funding in Texas that was sparked last summer. The in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and fatal police shooting of Mike Ramos in Austin prompted protests against police brutality and racial injustice and strengthened calls to change policing practices, ultimately leading th
Following the Money in Dallas City Council Campaigns
You can learn a lot from campaign finance reports.
By
Alex Macon and Matt Goodman
Published in
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April 14, 2021
12:24 pm
Earlier this month, over 50 candidates in 14 contested Dallas City Council races had to file their latest campaign finance reports, documenting their fundraising and spending over the last several months.
The Dallas Morning News has hit on some of the bigger takeaways from these records. Almost $900,000 has been pumped into contests that will determine the makeup of the city council, with Mayor Eric Johnson spared from having to run for re-election until 2023. Big-name donors who have previously backed the mayor are now supporting challenges to three incumbent city council members who voted against Johnson last fall in a battle over police overtime funding a sign that public safety concerns (and the mayor’s strained relationships with many of his colleagues) are driving forces this election
In response to complaints about police brutality and calls for a different kind of law enforcement, Dallas City Council members Monday heard about plans for new.
Our recommendation for Dallas City Council, District 11
The district is a cross section of Dallas and needs experienced leadership.
District 11 in northern Dallas stretches roughly from Walnut Hill Lane on the south, beyond Keller Springs Road on the north, from the Dallas North Tollway on the west to east of Central Expressway. The far-flung district is a cross section of Dallas pockets of wealth, poverty as well as economic redevelopment and public safety challenges.
And, for the first time since 2013, district voters will go to the polls this spring without seeing Lee Kleinman’s name on the ballot. Kleinman is term-limited and ineligible to run for reelection this year, prompting a field of four candidates to seek the council seat.
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