Dallas voters narrowly passed a new city charter that mandates the Texas city maintain a police force of at least 4,000 cops, an increase of about 900 positions. It’s unclear when the city will ...

Criminologists say Dallas is now in uncharted territory — while cities often set hiring goals, mandates of this scale are ...

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The Dallas Freedom Act passed with 67% of the vote, signaling a change in Dallas' marijuana enforcement policy.

Dallas voters sent a message at the polls Tuesday night, rejecting salary increases for City Council members and approving ...

Over 65% of Dallas voters approved Proposition R, also referred to as the “Dallas Freedom Act,” which legalizes up to four ...

After years of losing the statewide Latino vote by double digits, Republicans set a high-water mark with Donald Trump ...

Dallas residents were loud and clear on one issue – marijuana possession is now decriminalized for four ounces or less.

Despite warnings from police not to decriminalize marijuana, voters in a Democratic stronghold in Texas voted to do so anyway. With 66% support, voters in Dallas supported Proposition R, which amends ...

Proposition R amends the city charter to decriminalize the drug, making it the lowest enforcement priority for the Dallas ...

Voters were strongly behind the decriminalization measure, but votes on changes to city government and the police department ...

Proposition R would ban the Dallas Police Department from making arrests or issuing citations for people with four ounces or ...