Peter Simek

Texas increases its winter storm death toll, Democrats flee to Washington D.C., and American Airlines takes flight

Peter Park helped Milwaukee remove its own urban highway. He believes TxDOT can improve upon its initial designs for replacing I-345.

The Scripps Spelling Bee has come down to 11 talented kids, including Dhroov Bharatia, a seventh grader from Wilson Middle School in Plano

A new report suggests that spending more federal money on the nation’s highways won’t necessarily result in a boost to the economy

A young Dallas artist cashes in on the crypto art market.

After losing his bid for city council in 2015, White reached out to his opponent to find new ways to serve his community.

A few old news reports about Deep Ellum in the late 1960s unintentionally document the huge costs of highway-driven demolition.

The newspaper once claimed to have the highest circulation of any Black-run newspaper in the South. Now a new owner is using the name.

The city approved the purchase of 120-acres of old growth forest in a part of Dallas in desperate need of public green space.

City acquires Shingle Mountain site, cop claims to be Charley Pride’s son, and Texas changes pandemic unemployment rules.

The winners of last weekend’s runoff elections will make $60,000 while in office. For many people in this city, that is not enough money to lure them into public service.

The downtown highway has become a perennial on the Congress for the New Urbanism’s roundup of urban freeways that could be transformed into boulevards

A report in the New York Times shows how urban highway removal has gone mainstream, and it may get a boost from the Biden Administration.

The festival’s lineup mixes a comforting return to regular screenings with a few lessons learned about post-pandemic events and entertainment

The governor ends mask mandates, federal investigators determine the cause of 2019 Addison plane crash, and a flash flood warning has been extended for North Texas

As six council campaigns head to runoffs, let’s finally admit that Dallas’ municipal elections have morphed into glorified primaries.

I broke down the election results by the amount spent by candidates to earn each vote. The data show that money isn’t everything in Dallas City Council races.

Lee, who comes to Dallas from Los Angeles, is an engineer with a background in planning bus systems and bus rapid transit

The founder of the office staple started out as a single mother trying to make her life at work a little easier.

Fair Park’s operator has delivered on its promise of bringing a top-notch sporting event to the Cotton Bowl. The arena is an ideal setting for international soccer.