Last week\u2019s Did You Miss It?<\/a> tracked Dallas police staffing, the McKinney recall and Trump\u2019s restored voter checks. This week, Dallas opened the new fiscal year with 3,410 sworn officers, 590 short of the 4,000-officer minimum voters added to the City Charter. Downtown crime and response times improved, but AT&T\u2019s planned departure put the city\u2019s comeback under a brighter spotlight.<\/p>\nCity Hall also closed libraries and recreation centers for a final furlough day, shut down 321 state-funded Flock cameras while hundreds remained active, and faced new questions about DART and a lawsuit seeking more than $20 million over Fair Park.<\/p>\n
Across Texas, a Muslim voter-registration push, Christian turnout efforts and scrutiny of Muslim Student Associations drove several of the week\u2019s biggest stories. Public and undercover recordings also showed how Democratic candidates and officials discussed the Democratic Socialists of America. Immigration cases, Dallas crime and major North Texas job announcements rounded out the week.<\/p>\n
Here are the stories and updates that helped shape the week.<\/p>\n
Dallas public safety and taxpayer accountability<\/p>\n
Why It Matters: Dallas entered the fiscal year with 3,410 sworn officers, 590 short of the 4,000-officer minimum voters added to the City Charter. Furlough closures, fewer Flock cameras, DART concerns and a Fair Park lawsuit put the same question in front of City Hall: Are taxpayers getting safer streets and dependable basic services?<\/p>\n
Muslim mobilization, churches and campus influence<\/p>\n
Why It Matters: A McKinney gathering featured a call for Islam\u2019s spread as CAIR pursued a national goal of 2 million net new Muslim voter registrations in 2026. Christian leaders responded with their own turnout push, while other reports examined Muslim Student Associations and Oklahoma\u2019s fight over a mosque proposal.<\/p>\n
DSA activity, elections and prosecutor oversight<\/p>\n
Why It Matters: Public and undercover recordings showed Hasan Piker urging the left to pressure Talarico, a congressional candidate praising DSA\u2019s organizing and a Texas House nominee confirming his DSA affiliation. The week also brought scrutiny of Talarico\u2019s support among black Democrats, outside influence on prosecutors and the Supreme Court\u2019s restoration of expanded voter checks.<\/p>\n
Immigration enforcement and Dallas crime<\/p>\n
Why It Matters: The week\u2019s immigration cases included a twice-deported illegal alien with seven DWI convictions, an alleged cash-for-approvals scheme and an assault charge tied to an Austin ICE operation. North Texas also saw a $2.3 million credit union fraud sentence, proposed trucking-safety penalties and a 19-defendant Dallas drug-trafficking case.<\/p>\n
Campuses, curriculum and school choice<\/p>\n
Why It Matters: TCU coursework centered on \u2018settler colonialism,\u2019 structural violence and decolonial thinking, while UT Austin removed women\u2019s, \u2018gender,\u2019 sexuality and race-focused classes from its core curriculum. Texas also released a second round of Education Freedom Account funding as the state\u2019s school-choice program moved forward.<\/p>\n
Jobs, manufacturing and North Texas growth<\/p>\n
Why It Matters: Morgan Stanley confirmed a $684 million Dallas hub expected to support more than 3,800 jobs, while President Trump\u2019s planned visit to Peterbilt\u2019s Denton plant put Texas manufacturing in the national spotlight. The week also brought factory-job growth, $10.4 million for technical training at five Texas colleges and 46,000 new private-sector jobs nationwide as government payrolls declined.<\/p>\n
That was the week. If you missed it, now you are caught up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traffic moves along a major freeway near downtown Dallas | Image by Cavan-Images\/Shutterstock Last week\u2019s Did You Miss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,401,133859,52025,1830,2135,11100,156386,430,9298],"class_list":["post-456151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-police","tag-democratic-socialists-of-america","tag-did-you-miss-it","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-james-talarico","tag-morgan-stanley","tag-muslim-mobilization","tag-north-texas","tag-proposition-u"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}