The Lab Report Dallas

The Lab Report Dallas

Co-founded by longtime local journalists Sharon Grigsby and Matt Goodman and powered by the Child Poverty Action Lab, this new publication uses data-driven journalism and storytelling to find what’s working in our city, what’s not, and why. Dallas has a new metro page. Sign up below to join us.

DART’s Big Problem and the Little Group That Wants to Solve It

DART’s Big Problem and the Little Group That Wants to Solve It

The Dallas Area Transit Alliance launched right as some of the public transportation agency’s suburban partners began pushing to defund it.

Matt Goodman
Deep Medicaid Cuts Come for Parkland

Deep Medicaid Cuts Come for Parkland

The steepest reduction in the program’s history has the leaders of the county's safety net system preparing for the unknown. Here is where things stand.

Kelli Smith
The Reality Hiding Behind Motel Room Doors

The Reality Hiding Behind Motel Room Doors

Anastasia Nixon shows up to work each day to help a growing number of North Texas families who have no place else to go.

Sharon Grigsby
On the Front Line of the Dallas Eviction Crisis

On the Front Line of the Dallas Eviction Crisis

Landlords filed nearly 50,000 evictions last year, a county record. That is hardly the only challenge facing a legal nonprofit that seeks to represent these tenants.

Matt Goodman
The 33-Year-Old Architect of the Region’s Fentanyl Response

The 33-Year-Old Architect of the Region’s Fentanyl Response

Becky Devine had a theory: could outreach teams, deployed days after a drug overdose or poisoning, save lives? Three years later, deaths are declining.

Kelli Smith
The New Law of Building

The New Law of Building

The Texas Legislature passed a bill that makes it legal to build multifamily or mixed-use developments in areas zoned for commercial use. How will this change Dallas-Fort Worth?

Matt Goodman
The Cleaners

The Cleaners

They aren’t cops. But this specialized team of city employees is showing how improving neighborhoods and addressing blight can reduce violence.

Kelli Smith
When the ‘Mayhem’ Stops

When the ‘Mayhem’ Stops

Dallas officials are finally paying close attention to the Esperanza neighborhood near the city's border with Richardson, envisioning a new future in a shuttered school.

Kelli Smith
An Unassuming Pill and the Fight for Maternal Health

An Unassuming Pill and the Fight for Maternal Health

How a simple iron supplement, which costs less than a dime a day, can help Texas reverse its dubious distinction as one of the most dangerous states in the country to be pregnant.

Sharon Grigsby
The Controversial Art of Building More Housing

The Controversial Art of Building More Housing

A pair of public-private tools are driving the production of most new affordable housing in Dallas. So why is City Hall growing concerned?

Matt Goodman
This Work Won't Go to the Cemetery

This Work Won't Go to the Cemetery

Cornerstone Baptist Church has always sought to be of service beyond its own walls. But losing a longtime associate pastor presented a challenge unlike any this South Dallas institution has taken on.

Sharon Grigsby
Progress, Not Prosecution

Progress, Not Prosecution

In Dallas County, defendants and prosecutors are not always adversaries. How social workers and the District Attorney’s Office found a different path.

Sharon Grigsby
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