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Devyani Chhetri
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City Reporter with the Dallas Morning News.
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Scoop: One of Dallas’ biggest project has hit a snag as a quiet fight between the city and the Loop Dallas built over time amid accusations of contract violations.

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Dallas’ The Loop hits snag after nonprofit says the city violated its contract
The city and the nonprofit are battling it out over the decision to hire a design firm for the Sylvan Discovery Gateway Project
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May 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Dallas civil rights leader Peter Johnson on voter apathy and low turnout local elections.

“Refusing to vote only makes politicians less accountable and makes our problems worse.”

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Johnson: We marched so you could vote. Don’t waste our work
Peter Johnson: Low voter turnout drives me crazy. My friends in the civil rights movement marched so that others could vote. Don’t take it for granted.
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May 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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I’m really disappointed in this @politico.com piece. If we’re going to talk about who is writing about DC, we need to talk about WHO is writing about DC, and whether they are good stewards of journalism. 🧵

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A Congresswoman with Dementia Stopped Coming to Work. The DC Press Corps Never Noticed.
Here’s the story behind how the media missed the story.
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March 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Nearly 70 percent of Dallas voters approved a charter amendment that would move city elections from May to November. Now it's in the hands of state lawmakers.

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Voter-Approved Effort to Move Dallas Elections to November Heads to Austin
Nearly 70 percent of Dallas voters approved a charter amendment that would move city elections from May to November. Now it's in the hands of state lawmakers.
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March 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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With @kellixsmith.bsky.social:

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Dallas looks for new site to build police academy as plans change for UNT Dallas project
The University of North Texas at Dallas will likely no longer host an academy for new police recruits, a major departure from plans unveiled by local...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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An update on Dallas’ new police academy at University of North Texas. The city says it needs more room to build infrastructure for new recruits. Whether that space will be found at the university campus remains to be seen.

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Dallas will need more space for its police academy. Here’s why
Dallas’ new police training academy will need more room to house a firing range and a track for driver training.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Marsha Jackson and her neighbors began fighting Shingle Mountain six years ago. This week, the city approved zoning that will make growing a new one a lot harder.

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Six Long Years Later, the Neighborhood Where Shingle Mountain Once Towered Gets a Win
Marsha Jackson and her Floral Farms neighbors started talking about Shingle Mountain six years ago. Yesterday, the city approved zoning that will make growing a new one a lot harder.
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February 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Dallas has placed its based on a program officials say can cut homelessness in half — but the vote to approve funding for it revealed reservations a few council members have with it.

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Dallas officials butt heads, approve $2.5 million for Street to Home homelessness program
Council members voted 12-3 in favor of giving Housing Forward, the region’s lead homelessness response agency, the first slice of city dollars to bolster the...
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February 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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“‘Vindicated’: Dallas City Council rezones neighborhood that once housed Shingle Mountain
The Dallas City Council voted 12-1 after six years of community effort.” By @devyanichhetri.bsky.social

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‘Vindicated’: Dallas City Council rezones neighborhood that once housed Shingle Mountain
The Dallas City Council voted 12-1 after six years of community effort.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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A six year wait comes to an end. Dallas City Council voted to rezone 522-acres in southern Dallas to protect a neighborhood that once housed a more than 70,000 ton mountain of roofing debris, dumped illegally by a recycling company.

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‘Vindicated’: Dallas City Council rezones neighborhood that once housed Shingle Mountain
The Dallas City Council voted 12-1 after six years of community effort.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Read this absolutely maddening (but really well written) story from @devyanichhetri.bsky.social about the Jeffries-Meyer’s neighborhood in South Dallas.

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59 homes were supposed to go up in a South Dallas neighborhood. Where are they?
Three developers won a 2019 bid to build homes in the Jeffries-Meyers neighborhood.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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This is my Spotify wrapped, except it’s some of my stories I did this year:
homer simpson and bart simpson are standing next to each other and bart says ooh pointless nostalgia
ALT: homer simpson and bart simpson are standing next to each other and bart says ooh pointless nostalgia
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December 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM