Top Dallas leaders to leave for Austin to work for T.C. Broadnax

Plus: CitySquare out of funding, SNL Southwest Airlines skit and Red Lobster files for bankruptcy [MORNING ROUNDUP]( [The Dallas Morning News logo](   Good morning, North Texas! It looks like two more Dallas City leaders are following former City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s footsteps and [heading into roles at Austin City Council]( in the next few weeks. City reporter Devyani Chhetri tells us more about the changes at city hall. Thanks for your readership. Find more news in your inbox tonight. — Carmina Tiscareño, Audience Journalist   [2 accused of murder in January fentanyl poisoning death, North Richland Hills police say]( Two men have been arrested and are accused of murder in connection with a fentanyl-related death that occurred [...] [Local developer weighs residential conversion for LBJ office buildings]( Dallas-based commercial real estate developer Trammell Crow Company is examining the potential of adding [...] [Millions more older adults, including Texans, will experience extreme heat by 2050]( Millions more older adults, including Texans, will experience extreme heat around the world by the [...] [Man dead, 12-year-old boy injured in southeast Dallas shooting; investigation ongoing]( A man was killed and another person was injured in a shooting Sunday in southeast Dallas. Police are [...]   ADVERTISEMENT   [Latest on the wild plan to connect Texas’ electricity to the eastern grid | Watchdog]( Jeff Billo, a top ERCOT electric grid operator, states the case why the Texas grid should be independent, even [...] [Why Cowboys icon Emmitt Smith denounced University of Florida’s elimination of DEI program]( In an interview with USA Today, Smith said he felt compelled to release a statement on the matter thanks to [...] [Watch: Saturday Night Live pokes at Southwest Airlines with actor Jake Gyllenhaal]( Southwest Airlines was poked at again on Saturday Night Live this weekend. [Red Lobster files for bankruptcy after closing restaurants, endless shrimp debacle]( Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy, succumbing to onerous leases, high labor costs and [...] [US pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding]( The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations in place since the 1980s and [...] [Most power restored in Houston after last week’s deadly storms]( Houston made progress in recovering from last week’s deadly storms.   [MORE NEWS](   ADVERTISEMENT   NEWS COMMENTARY [A volunteer at Opportunity campus CitySquare helps a neighbor at the food pantry. The volunteer wear a black shirt with text that reads AT&T Believes. ]( Volunteer Veronica Linthicum (center) helps a neighbor find what she needed on a weekday afternoon in February at the food pantry located on the Opportunity Center campus of CitySquare. The nonprofit expects to turn its operations over to other providers at the end of 2024.(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) [Dallas’ poverty-fighting CitySquare out of funding and will close at year’s end]( Columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: Dallas nonprofit CitySquare — for decades a leader in the battle against poverty and homelessness — [has run out of money to do its work]( and will go out of business at year’s end. In an interview Friday with its leaders, I learned CitySquare will devote the rest of 2024 to transferring its many programs, which serve 27,000 people annually, to other neighborhood providers. CitySquare also expects to turn over its Opportunity Center campus, across Interstate 30 from downtown, to another operator as a hub for poverty-fighting organizations. [READ MORE]( [The Dallas Morning News]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X (formerly Twitter)]( [YouTube]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Account Login]( | [Help Center]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( [Manage Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( ©2024 The Dallas Morning News • 1954 Commerce St. • Dallas, TX 75201