City Reporter with the Dallas Morning News.https://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.social/post/3lqaexl4scs2oScoop: 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. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/05/28/dallas-the-loop-hits-snag-after-nonprofit-says-the-city-violated-its-contract/28 May 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:7ii24gcgxrtthuzrytorbly6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqaexl4scs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.social/post/3lp4tman2sc2pDallas 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.” https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/05/14/johnson-we-marched-so-you-could-vote-dont-waste-our-work/14 May 2025 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:7ii24gcgxrtthuzrytorbly6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4tman2sc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.social/post/3ljb7254vys2bWith @kellixsmith.bsky.social: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/02/28/dallas-police-departmentdallas-city-councilpolice-academy/28 Feb 2025 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:7ii24gcgxrtthuzrytorbly6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljb7254vys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.social/post/3lihd2r5xws2zAn 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. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/02/17/dallas-will-need-more-space-for-its-police-academy-heres-why/18 Feb 2025 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:7ii24gcgxrtthuzrytorbly6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihd2r5xws2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.social/post/3lhznsvow622aDallas 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. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/02/12/dallas-officials-butt-heads-approve-25-million-for-street-to-home-homelessness-program/13 Feb 2025 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:7ii24gcgxrtthuzrytorbly6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhznsvow622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.social/post/3lhznaruxm22aA 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. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/environment/2025/02/12/vindicated-dallas-city-council-rezones-neighborhood-that-once-housed-shingle-mountain/13 Feb 2025 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:7ii24gcgxrtthuzrytorbly6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhznaruxm22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/devyanichhetri.bsky.social/post/3lckw5dtqus2sThis is my Spotify wrapped, except it’s some of my stories I did this year: https://media.tenor.com/jnc3U7VSgMwAAAAC/the-simpsons-ooh-pointless-nostalgia.gif?hh=371&ww=49805 Dec 2024 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:7ii24gcgxrtthuzrytorbly6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckw5dtqus2s