by Ron DeLord | Nov 20, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
The chairman of the Texas House pensions committee said Friday he can’t rule out moving Dallas police and firefighters away from a pension plan and toward a defined contribution retirement plan. Such a plan would mean the city would have to only pay in a...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
A new report funded by an influential Texas billionaire calls for the state to let Dallas City Hall and taxpayers regain control of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund. The report comes as city officials plan to push for more power over the system, which is...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
ARLINGTON — State legislators said Thursday that they have Dallas officials’ backs as they try to save the city’s police and fire pension system. Not that the state is offering any money. The Legislature wants no responsibility for the fund’s $3.3...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Dallas police and firefighters will get raises. Tax rates — but not tax bills — are going down. And streets will get the shaft in the next fiscal year after council members unanimously approved the city’s new budget on Wednesday. The $3.1 billion budget for next...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Police, Politics, Unions
Both groups help communities and fear being lumped in with the bad apples, says Officer Kristi Weil. There are few jobs that require employees, in the course of performing routine duties, to check in every few minutes to assure co-workers they are not seriously...
