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High school junior Alexa Sanchez uses a manual file to shape a client’s nails into an almond style at her Dallas home.

The Dallas ISD administration building is seen Sept. 9, 2025. Photo by Camilo Diaz Jr. Dallas ISD's proposed $6.2 billion ...

In addition to being a school leader, senior Chloe Adams is an entrepreneur, doing hair and loves to be a stylist who ...

The Dallas Free Press has created a visual story to simplify the complex South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan and a roundtable discussion between three of South Dallas' new arts leaders, both of which can ...

The City of Dallas is revamping its approach to home repair programs, outsourcing the programs to Volunteers of America Texas, Inc. and launching a new application process this spring. This new ...

Minutes after a TribFest interview promoting nonpartisan local governance, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced his switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.

South Dallas District 7 has a new plan commissioner — Tabitha Wheeler-Reagan. She will join 14 plan commissioners to hear zoning cases and make recommendations to the City Council.

Esther Villareal, a West Dallas mother, teacher, and gardener, was appointed to the city's new environmental commission, and the West Dallas STEM school will open its new campus, with West Dallas ...

West Dallas’ environmental justice movement is transforming the neighborhood. After decades of fighting for a voice, the community is moving heavy industry away from their homes — fast. In the past ...

The area’s first public improvement district brought few improvements and broke public trust. Proponents of the proposed Sunny South Dallas PID promise more transparency, stricter oversight and better ...

Once upon a time, the City of Dallas came up with a plan to build a 10,000-acre “world class” park and tollway right next to West Dallas — within the Trinity River levees. Twenty-five years and tens ...