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OUR REPORTING
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The Quiet Work That Has Changed South Dallas
Diane Ragsdale spent 40 years delivering homes, healthcare, and job training. Her successor faces a challenging market as he continues her legacy.
Can Dallas Sustain its Decline in Violent Crime?
The experts who helped create the city’s public safety strategy are ending their partnership with police. Local officials say that won’t stop momentum.
The Company in Charge of CPS Cases in Dallas Has Been Ousted. Now What?
Empower, which has been under scrutiny after two infants died, will no longer manage child welfare cases in the Dallas area.
At This Dallas Clinic, Birth Control Isn’t a 7-minute Conversation
Nurse practitioner Micaela Sanchez uses her own story to help patients make better choices and take charge of their future.
Dallas Adds Kids to Pioneering Approach for Mental Health Emergencies
Eight years ago, Parkland social workers became the first in the state to join cops during these 911 calls. Now, children in crisis get the same treatment.
David Woody Walks Back Across The Bridge
The outgoing CEO of the city’s largest homeless shelter on increased demand, FIFA, and the importance of being downtown.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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They Spent Weeks Housing the Homeless, Then Police Showed Up
Service providers launched a new initiative in South Dallas to provide apartments to people in encampments, but that didn’t stop police from making arrests.
NEIGHBORHOODS
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A New Park Is Coming Near You
The 40-acre Judge Charles R. Rose Park, in the Highland Hills neighborhood just north of Interstate 20, features a restored Blackland prairie, hike and bike trails, playgrounds, and an outdoor classroom. But Molly Morgan, the Texas director of the Trust for Public Land, which developed the park, first mentions the pavilion. The park planners didn’t…
