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Please note that the Dallas Holiday Parade, a permitted special event, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 2nd. The parade begins at 9 a.m. and is expected to draw a large crowd. Road closures associated with this special event will impact traffic in the Central Business District. The construction of bleachers in the parking lanes along Commerce Street will reduce the amount of metered parking available starting Tuesday, Nov. 28. Construction of bleachers will take place before 9 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to avoid interfering with peak rush hour traffic. All bleachers will be…

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Planners with the Trinity Park Conservancy on Friday unveiled a model of the largest part of the long-planned Dallas Trinity River Park, along with a promotional video for a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for 2024. NBC5 first reported in June that the park would not be built between the downtown levees as planned since voters first approved its construction in 1998. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the floodway, never supported the construction of a park within the levees that Dallas voters approved in 1998. The latest plan for Harold Simmons Park, named after the family that donated $50…

Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune's daily newsletter that provides readers with the most important Texas news. Last month, the Texas Legislature approved Senate Bill 4, an immigration bill that allows Texas police to arrest people who cross the border illegally from Mexico. SB4, which Gov. Greg Abbott has said he will sign into law, has sparked intense debate, with opponents saying it will lead to racial profiling by police and supporters saying the federal government isn't doing enough. The state of Texas says it needs to intervene. deter illegal immigration; Once Mr. Abbott signs the bill, it…

A U.S. district court has ordered several companies led by a Dallas real estate executive to be placed in receivership.A Dallas court has granted receivership to a business owned by developer Timothy Barton at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission.The SEC alleges that Mr. Barton, president of JMJ Development and CEO of investment firm Carnegie Development, defrauded more than 100 Chinese investors out of more than $26 million in real estate investments. Last year, the SEC sought to place the two companies, which own real estate in North Texas, into receivership, but the case was delayed due to…

It's a big day for the D-Food department. He has uploaded the Best New Restaurants of 2023 list, highlighting eight of his most well-received restaurants of the year. We've updated our 50 Best Restaurants list, which showcases the best food and drink the Dallas area has to offer each year. And preview menu items for next week's Best Restaurants event, bringing together the cuisines and chefs on both lists under the same roof for one night. You can navigate through all of these links by clicking on them. Alternatively, you can scroll down to see detailed information for each. best…

The sale of the Mavericks to the owner of the Las Vegas Sands would bring to the forefront an idea that has been floating around for years. ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Editor's note: This article was originally published as Click here for Dallas Business Journal. Mark Cuban's decision to sell a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks to a family that runs a casino corporation has brought his long-held ideas to the fore. The Mavericks' owner is partnering with Las Vegas Sands, owned by casino mogul Miriam Adelson and her family, to create a destination casino in Dallas centered around the…

In the January 2023 mass shooting, five people were shot, three of whom died from their injuries. Dallas — Editor's note: The video above was previously aired during a deadly shooting incident in January 2023. Dallas police announced Friday that a 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with a January shooting that left five people dead, three of them fatally. The shooting occurred around 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 6 at an apartment complex in the 8500 block of Lazy Acres Circle. Dallas police said an initial investigation determined that five people were shot while gathered in a back parking lot.…

Trinidad “Trini” Garza, one of the pioneers of Dallas' Hispanic community and an advocate for education, died Thursday.Garza died of natural causes at the age of 92, his son Jerome Garza confirmed.”My father's passion was obviously in education. He wanted everyone to be able to go to college, graduate and have a better life through education,” his son said. In 1969, he was the first Hispanic to be appointed to the Dallas Independent School District Board of Commissioners, and served on that board from 1970 to 1971. He served on the board from 1991 until 1994, when he again served,…

But despite the high stakes, and despite the political prominence of an industry dominated by women at the heart of the middle class, NAR's formidable lobbying efforts have made the organization's 115-year-old membership It turns out my hands are tied by one of the biggest problems I've faced. history. “This is a problem that will not be solved by lobbyists or by any political process in Washington. It is already fully entrenched in the legal process,” said Dave Stevens, former CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Told. In the Justice Department matter, the real estate company reached a settlement with…