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Hinojosa said it could help Dallas move forward.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/hinojosa-lays-out-mayoral-run-focusing-on-housing-growth-backs-strong-mayor-40695932/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/former-disd-chief-hinojosa-enters-2027-dallas-mayor-race-40695707/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40695707 Austin Wood https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/former-disd-chief-hinojosa-enters-2027-dallas-mayor-race-40695707/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:31:20 -0500 News Hinojosa is the first candidate to declare in what is expected to be a crowded field to replace Eric Johnson as mayor.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/former-disd-chief-hinojosa-enters-2027-dallas-mayor-race-40695707/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/target-the-money-activists-say-love-field-ice-protests-are-working-40695657/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40695657 Austin Wood https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/target-the-money-activists-say-love-field-ice-protests-are-working-40695657/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:22:42 -0500 News ICE uses charter flights to move detainees across the country. But after activists protested the company's corporate headquarters, those flight patterns are starting to shift.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/target-the-money-activists-say-love-field-ice-protests-are-working-40695657/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/downtown-homeless-volunteers-say-they-are-not-going-to-be-bullied-amid-crackdown-40694214/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40694214 Austin Wood https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/downtown-homeless-volunteers-say-they-are-not-going-to-be-bullied-amid-crackdown-40694214/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0500 News Handing out food in downtown has become controversial as the city advances its own plans for fighting homelessness. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/downtown-homeless-volunteers-say-they-are-not-going-to-be-bullied-amid-crackdown-40694214/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/these-immigrant-kids-were-once-protected-under-trump-their-deportations-have-tripled-40694088/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40694088 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/these-immigrant-kids-were-once-protected-under-trump-their-deportations-have-tripled-40694088/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0500 News The Trump administration has gutted policies that gave immigrant minors access to legal counsel and relief from deportation while they applied to stay in the U.S.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/these-immigrant-kids-were-once-protected-under-trump-their-deportations-have-tripled-40694088/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-marcus-annex-senior-center-to-stay-open-40693995/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40693995 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-marcus-annex-senior-center-to-stay-open-40693995/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:01:28 -0500 News After being charged with reducing costs by 15%, the park department debated closing four recreation centers, including one for seniors.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-marcus-annex-senior-center-to-stay-open-40693995/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-animal-services-face-more-overcrowding-challenges-40693699/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40693699 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-animal-services-face-more-overcrowding-challenges-40693699/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -0500 News Mechanical failures and crowding have pushed Dallas’ animal shelter to the limit yet again. What’s the fix?]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-animal-services-face-more-overcrowding-challenges-40693699/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer