A new study shows a Williamson County program to keep nonviolent offenders out of jail reduces arrests of young adults. A district judge said it also helps improve lives in immeasurable ways.

The settlement is meant to resolve the city’s legal attempt to get more land for its rebuild of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.

A Dallas program designed to help homeowners repair and preserve their homes will open soon to assist 449 residents.

That contract ties the center's funding to the speed and outcome of its services, in an attempt to make the city's public health and homelessness services more effective and accountable.