Courtney Roberson
Reporting/Writing for the Mass Media
Dr. Reppert
09/23/2021
Hometown Featured News
Dallas City Council approves $4.3 billion, including $10 million police overtime amendment: DPD is currently down about 800 police officers, but the budget plans causes the DPD to be down 250 more police officers. Some council members plead for more policing: "Now, I know that if you are confronted with your constituents, as I am, about the need for police presence, engagement. When they whip your rear end the way they can whip mine about not having enough. I’m going to keep on talking about the need to have a relationship, a commitment from DPD — to get to these corridors that need their presence," Dallas City Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold said. The $10 million increase for police overtime was approved by the council after they stripped the department of $7 million of overtime last year and diverting it in other areas. The new budget calls for hiring 62 additional staff member at the 911 call center with an increase of pay. (Dallas News)
Dallas ISD has no plans to change mask mandates following the federal investigation of the TEA: Texas has been added to the list of states to be investigated by the federal government to see if the governor's ban on schools requiring mask violates the law. The Dallas ISD superintendent says he is not changing its mask policy as the federal government is investigating possible civil rights violations. Days after the TEA reinstated enforcement ban on Abbott's mask mandate, an civil rights investigation was opened. The U.S. Department of Civil Rights wants to know if ban on mask mandates brings risks to students with disabilities or others who are at great risk for severe disease. Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa says there are no plans to change its mask policy no matter what the TEA says. He says it’ll stay in place until all lawsuits are settled or until the pandemic slows down enough. "If it gets to the Supreme Court and they rule on our particular case, we will have to follow the law at that point," he said. "We hope that’s delayed for a while. Maybe by then we will have the vaccine. Our cases will be better. We've said all along our protocol was temporary, but we don’t know when temporary ends." (Dallas News)
Denton County Man Zachery Klossner was Sentenced for Threatening a US Congressman: Denton County Zachery Klossner, 33, was sentenced 30 months in prison for threatening a U.S Congressman. (DFW CBS local)
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