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Speaking to a full room of fellow Tarrant County residents Tuesday night, Stacy Melo repeated a sentiment others voiced throughout an hour and a half of public commentary on a proposal to redraw the county’s precinct lines.

The Tarrant County Elections Office reported that Peoples secured 2,524 votes, or 54.27% of the vote total with all 160 vote centers reporting.

Former City Manager David Cooke has taken the helm of Sundance Square management, sources with direct knowledge of his hire confirmed to the Fort Worth Report.

In a county of 1.28 million registered voters, 4.95%, or about 63,000 people, have voted early, either in person or by mail, ahead of the May 3 election.

Days before the May 3 election, sitting Fort Worth City Council members have continued to outpace their challengers in fundraising, with Mayor Mattie Parker maintaining more than $1 million in campaign cash as of April 25.

Fort Worth officials are tentatively planning to adopt a general fund budget of $1.097 billion, an increase of $40.2 million, or 3.81%, over last year’s budget, city staff said Tuesday.

Five officers visited four New York City art institutions as part of their investigation into allegations of child pornography at the Modern.

For the first time since 2013, a new face at City Hall will represent the majority of Fort Worth’s easternmost neighborhoods, including the historic Stop Six area.

Organizers offered resources for participants to get civically engaged in their local communities after the April 19 march.

In an effort to honor Latino history and further representation across the city, Fort Worth City Council member Carlos Flores wants to make Cesar Chavez Day a paid holiday for all city employees.

The $55K program is one of several initiatives to address homelessness. Some council members say penalizing donations to panhandlers could help more.

The city announced the shelter closures March 27, citing its need to contain and mitigate the spread of the highly contagious, incurable and airborne canine distemper virus. Since then, the shelters have been on lockdown, not allowing the intake or release of any dogs.