Dallas County Commissioners

Dallas County is facing a $36 million budget deficit, but Craig Watkins believes his department shouldn't have to be affected.

Dallas County Community College Trustee Diana Flores has filed to begin fundraising for the 2010 Democratic primary.

John Wiley Price and Ken Mayfield had a tete-a-tete Tuesday over the scheduling of power washing of sidewalks.

Jim Foster, John Wiley Price, and Maurine Dickey voted to lift the 14-year-old ban.

However, Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield plans to try and circumvent a vote to lift the ban completely by introducing a plan that would only partially lift the ban.

In 2006 and 2007, Dallas County had the highest HIV rate in the state.

Price is unhappy with Foster because he didn't support a Price initiative.

While I agree that there should be some sort of plan in place, I disagree that the county should have majority control in creating and enforcing it.

The Commissioners Court wants to portray themselves as fiscal conservatives, but this behavior constitutes pure fiscal foolishness.

Craig Watkins' request to be filmed was approved by the Dallas County Commissioners on Tuesday.

The County has already been asked by the Governor's office to prepare for 4100 evacuees that could arrive by air as soon as Sunday.

John Wiley Price and the Commissioners Court might be better served spending money to improve jail health care instead of on appellate lawyers.

The county racked up an extra $5 million in debt by paying property value lawsuit settlements.

If approved, the funds would help build a $1.2 billion new hospital.

County staff want Sheriff Lupe Valdez to cut 76 jobs.

He got offended by the term "black hole."

County Commissioner John Wiley Price may have violated state law prohibiting undue influence by commissioners courts in employee hiring.

The decision hinges on whether or not judges will use a county-wide electronic ticket processing center.

The county was raking in millions of commissions on inmates' calls.