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01/15/2019
By Carla Solórzano
Good morning!
Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day.
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Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall (right) listened to the concerns of Camp Wisdom NOW founder Edna Pemberton during a City Hall discussion Monday about Dallas' juvenile curfew ordinance. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer)
POLICE
[Dallas' juvenile curfew ends Friday â but it may not be dead for long](
[Dallasâ juvenile curfew ordinance will expire this week]( but some City Council members arenât ready to say goodbye to it forever.
Members of the councilâs Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee said Monday that they want to schedule public hearings for a revamped curfew ordinance. Mostly absent from the discussion was the idea of allowing the ordinance to remain dead.
The ordinance, with some exceptions, forbids kids younger than 17 to be outside without an adult between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights and between 12:01 and 6 a.m. Saturday and Sunday (the wee hours of Friday and Saturday nights). Also, the kids are not allowed to be out and about between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on weekdays. A violation of the ordinance is a Class C misdemeanor, which can result in a fine of up to $500.
The curfew, which had won support as a public-safety tool in the 1990s, came under fire late last year from civil rights groups and council member Philip Kingston. They say the ordinance â which the council routinely renewed over the years â allows police to unfairly target minority kids.
Editorial: [Dallas needs to continue its juvenile curfew]( despite the cityâs failure to track its impact.
Also: [In Dallas, police are slower to the scene as response times grow](.
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POLITICS
[A 2016 presidential candidate is running for Dallas mayor](
[A former presidential candidate who lives in Dallas is making a run to be the cityâs next mayor](.
And no, itâs not George W. Bush or Ross Perot. In fact, she never even appeared on the ballot in Texas.
Alyson Kennedy, who was on ballots in seven states as the Socialist Workers Party candidate in the 2016 presidential election, said she wants to replace term-limited Mayor Mike Rawlings.
Kennedy and other members of her party collected signatures across Dallas over the weekend in hopes of getting her a spot on the ballot.
Also: Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick [will celebrate their second inaugurations on the Capitol grounds Tuesday](.
Editorial: [Empower Texans now has a press pass to the Texas Senate](. What interest group will be next?
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
[Sources: Claude Mathis to return as DeSoto's head football coach](
[Claude Mathis is returning to the program he built into a state-championship contender](.
DeSoto has selected Mathis, the current Marshall head football coach who led the Eagles from 2008-14, as its next head football coach, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. The hire is pending board approval.
The move comes more than a month after [Mike Robinson resigned Dec. 7 as the football programâs leader after just 10 months]( on the job. And it follows a tumultuous two years that left DeSoto searching for its third head coach in as many seasons.
DeSoto narrowed its list to semifinalists last week and then interviewed finalists Friday, according to two sources with knowledge of the hiring process.
Also: Did the Los Angeles Rams run all over Dallas [because the Cowboys were unknowingly tipping them off](
EDITORS' PICKS
- Curious Texas investigates: [Why do tornadoes always seem to travel southwest to northeast](
- Government shutdown: As the shutdown persists, movie theaters, breweries and museums [in North Texas offer freebies to federal employees](.
- Retail: J.C. Penney's new chief executive officer Jill Soltau [has started putting her team together and on Monday announced a list of positions she wants to fill](.
Newspapers are carried overhead after being printed on April 6, 2017 at The Dallas Morning News' North Plant in Plano. (Ashley Landis/Staff Photographer)
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