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Dallas and police and fire pension officials approved a funding agreement that ends litigation filed by the retirement system last year.

"We are excited to welcome these eight outstanding lawyers to our partnership," Bracewell Managing Partner Gregory M. Bopp said.

Property taxation is being targeted in a growing movement across the nation for cuts or elimination to address homeowner angst over rising tax bills.

A review Moody's launched in September ended with rating downgrades and negative outlooks for the city's outstanding general obligation and revenue bonds.

AllianceBernstein hired four municipal credit special situations analysts based in its Dallas office.

A 2025 state law prohibits cities from increasing their property tax revenue if they fail to produce a timely annual financial audit.

The state comptroller's office purchased about $5 million of shares in a bitcoin exchange traded fund last month for a newly created strategic reserve.

Four of Dallas Area Rapid Transit's 13 member cities took action to ask voters in May whether they want to withdraw from the agency.

Race and sex-based preferences were removed from the state's Historically Underutilized Business program, which will focus exclusively on veteran-owned firms.