As a Community, We Need to Help Those Around Us Who Need Help
In 2021 the city’s office of homeless solutions launched an initiative to house 6,000 individuals, and despite the aggressive plan and $72 million, the office’s director said she doesn’t expect a significant change in the city’s homeless count.
Currently, there are 4,244 homeless individuals in Dallas and Collin counties, according to this year’s homelessness point-in-time (PIT) count. By 2025, Dallas wants to house 6,000 individuals – 1,600 more than currently exist – through its R.E.A.L Time Rehousing initiative. That’s no accident, according to Christine Crossley, director of the city’s homeless solutions office.
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Union Divisiveness Only Pits Employees Versus Employers
A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions.
The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW's own president calls “audacious” — are edging it closer to a strike when its contract ends Sept. 14.
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Metroplex Civic & Business Association Resumes Reporting on DFW Metroplex KPIs
Downtown Dallas has a crime rate ~9 times that of Downtown Ft. Worth in August as Dallas Reporting Resumes!
Crime trends are a leading indicator of whether cities are growing or shrinking. Comparing the Dallas and Ft. Worth downtown areas, crime statistics provide a clear picture of how the two largest cities in DFW are doing.
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