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April 16, 2012
By the Numbers: Few Black Students Leave DISD College-Ready
Only three out of every 100 black students in Dallas Independent School District graduate ready for college. Among black students entering DISD high schools as freshmen, 28 percent don't graduate at all. Those are some of the findings in a report DISD District 9 trustee Bernadette Nutall passed on ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
Since You Gotta Spend Money to Make It, City Looks Outside For Help Growing Small Biz
Far as Dallas City Hall's concerned, it's hard out there for a small start-up, which is why it's spent years loaning and granting money to businesses via, say, the South Dallas/Fair Park Trust Fund and the Southern Dallas Development Corporation, both of which have suffered their share of sputter ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
The Rising AIDS Epidemic Among Dallas's Young Poor People
Barbara Rios/Science Photo LibraryThe number of young people in Dallas contracting HIV and AIDS is increasing, KTVT-Channel 11 reported Monday, and those young people, ages 13 to 24, now make up 25 percent of all new diagnoses. And those stats were compiled before the state decided to gut fam ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
New Anti-Poverty Coalition to Demand Dallas City Hall Zone Payday Lenders Out of Business
Been trying to reach council member Jerry Allen ever since yesterday; no luck so far. But we know where he'll be at 3 today: in the Flag Room at Dallas City Hall, standing beside Dr. Frederick Haynes and Rev. Gerald Britt at an anti-payday lender press conference on behalf of the Anti-Poverty Coa ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
One Week Before the Wet-Dry Referendum, Caraway Insists: "We've Turned up the Volume"
Several Friends have asked, privately, in recent days: Whatever happened to Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway's threat to drown Keep the Dollars in Dallas? As you may recall, when it came time for the council to call the election that will allow the off-premise sale of beer and wine citywide, Caraway ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
City Expects $2 Mil In Federal Money Will Spur Development Around Four Light-Rail Stations
The Hatcher Station, one of four light-rail stations identified as by the city as a recipient of the feds' grant announced this morningThis morning we've received several press releases from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Transportation announcing ... More >>
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August 21, 2009
At City Hall Federal Corruption Trial, Former DHA CEO Says Hill Wanted a Lott of Love
Former Dallas Housing Authority CEO Ann LottThis morning at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, we are getting insight into the involvement of Ann Lott, former CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, in this whole sorry mess. I'm not sure where we're headed. But so f ... More >>
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May 27, 2008
A Diddle for the Middle As the City Council Tries to Fill the DART Board
Former Dallas Housing Authority CEO Ann LottThis morning at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, we are getting insight into the involvement of Ann Lott, former CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, in this whole sorry mess. I'm not sure where we're headed. But so f ... More >>
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April 23, 2008
Leppert Throws DART Board Appointments Under the Bus Today
Former Dallas Housing Authority CEO Ann LottThis morning at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, we are getting insight into the involvement of Ann Lott, former CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, in this whole sorry mess. I'm not sure where we're headed. But so f ... More >>
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April 16, 2008
Missing the Bullseye, Caraway Derailed DART Board Interviews
Former Dallas Housing Authority CEO Ann LottThis morning at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, we are getting insight into the involvement of Ann Lott, former CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, in this whole sorry mess. I'm not sure where we're headed. But so f ... More >>
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February 21, 2008
Sinking Ship? What Sinking Ship?
Former Dallas Housing Authority CEO Ann LottThis morning at the Dallas City Hall federal corruption trial at the Earle Cabell, we are getting insight into the involvement of Ann Lott, former CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, in this whole sorry mess. I'm not sure where we're headed. But so f ... More >>
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September 8, 2005
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At City Hall, it's not called extortion. It's empowerment.
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May 13, 1999
Gimme gimme
City Hall has $22 million in federal funds to fix your neighborhood. Instead, it's spending the money on barrels of pork.

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By the Numbers: Few Black Students Leave DISD College-Ready

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Since You Gotta Spend Money to Make It, City Looks Outside For Help Growing Small Biz

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The Rising AIDS Epidemic Among Dallas's Young Poor People

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New Anti-Poverty Coalition to Demand Dallas City Hall Zone Payday Lenders Out of Business

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One Week Before the Wet-Dry Referendum, Caraway Insists: "We've Turned up the Volume"

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City Expects $2 Mil In Federal Money Will Spur Development Around Four Light-Rail Stations

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At City Hall Federal Corruption Trial, Former DHA CEO Says Hill Wanted a Lott of Love

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A Diddle for the Middle As the City Council Tries to Fill the DART Board

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Leppert Throws DART Board Appointments Under the Bus Today

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Missing the Bullseye, Caraway Derailed DART Board Interviews

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Sinking Ship? What Sinking Ship?

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