Dallas County Commissioners pass resolution calling racism a ‘public health crisis’

John Wiley Price noted in the resolution that black communities are disproportionately disadvantaged in opportunities for housing, education, business, employment and criminal justice.

Fort Worth police chief defends police response to citywide protests

Fort Worth City Council and the police chief discussed how the department has been handling protests in the city over the past few weeks.

Dallas pilot program seeing great success by pairing officers with social workers for 911 calls

The president is expected to sign an executive order on police reform on Tuesday. It will include certifying officers, creating a database to track bad officers and programs pairing officers with social workers.

Two Dallas police officers take on police reform

As Dallas works to implement new policies to hopefully improve relations between police and certain parts of the community, FOX 4 spoke with two of the people who will be tasked with making those changes.

Starbucks changes policy to allow Black Lives Matter T-shirts

Starbucks is tweaking its dress code to allow Black Lives Matter T-shirts and pins after complaints that it prohibited employees from wearing the items.

Whataburger to donate $1M for scholarships, programs to help minority students

Whataburger released a statement Wednesday about how recent racial injustices have left them “heartbroken,” and announced $1 million will go towards scholarships and programs to help black and minority students.

Dallas City Council taking hard look at Dallas PD that's $6.5 million over budget

Among public cries from activists to defund local police departments, Dallas City Council is delaying moving forward with items in the Dallas Police Department budget.

Q&A with Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on police funding

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says discussions about cutting the police budget may be inevitable.

Activist groups call for Dallas ISD to dismantle its police force

The call to defund or dismantle police in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer is extending beyond city police departments into schools

Dallas city council members looking over policy changes to help restore community's trust

Dallas City Council members are taking a hard look at changing police policy to help restore trust within the community. And how officers are handling protests is a big part of that.

Dallas councilman calls for changes to police funding

Dallas City Councilman Adam Bazaldua said Sunday he will not vote for a city budget that maintains the status quo on police funding.