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  A Month After Crane Crash, Apartment Residents Can Soon Pick Up Things

  July 15 at 4 a.m.

  A month after a crane collapsed and crashed into their Bryan Place apartment complex, residents at Elan City Lights will soon be able to pick up their things. The apartment complex, which was shuttered after the crane crash, posted a statement to Facebook on Friday telling former residents that property...

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  Julian Castro, So-Called Debate Stud, Folded in Dallas When He Was at HUD

  July 8 at 4 a.m.

  A real debate, sure, I can see that, where we can watch opponents drill down on an issue, but an adolescent, reality-show put-down fight? Really? We’re going to choose our presidents that way? No, c’mon. I can’t believe I’m supposed to take former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as a...

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  This Goes on Your Permanent Record: Grading Mike Rawlings’ 2 Terms as Mayor

  June 18 at 4 a.m.

  When Mike Rawlings took his spot at the center of Dallas City Council's horseshoe-shaped table, the 2011 World Series had yet to break local sports fans’ hearts, Rick Perry was still governor of Texas and Deep Ellum was still Deep Ellum. By remaining mayor until Eric Johnson took the oath...

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  Dallas City Council Hears Reworked Inclement Weather Homeless Shelter Plan

  May 16 at 11:37 a.m.

  More than a year after a group of Dallas churches and outreach groups began organizing a system for offering shelter to homeless people on nights when it's too cold to be outdoors, the Dallas City Council considered the latest version of a plan to allow those groups to do the...

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  How Should Cities Regulate Short-Term Rentals Like Airbnb?

  May 15 at 4 a.m.

  The short-term rental industry has become the latest “internet-based service firm” to arouse the ire of citizens and local governments nationwide. Here in North Texas, Arlington has recently joined the growing number of cities to restrict or even ban the practice of renting or operating short-term rentals as offered by...

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  Controversial Dallas Salvation Army Campus Gets Unanimous Approval

  May 9 at 10:59 a.m.

  After months of back-and-forth between neighborhood groups and those pushing for expanded homeless services outside of downtown Dallas, the Dallas City Council signed off unanimously on a zoning change that will a new campus for the Salvation Army to be built in northwest Dallas. The new campus, located on North Stemmons...