Dallas County election chief calls for countywide voting in May runoff after primary chaos ... and more news

Dallas County’s elections chief is trying to scrap the precinct system pushed by Republicans and return to countywide voting for the May 26 runoff. In other news, as Dallas officials prepared to debate City Hall’s future, a commercial real estate broker helping analyze relocation options grew frustrated when his firm was not allowed to compete for the work; Texas’ school voucher-style program application window has been extended by two weeks, following a federal judge’s order Tuesday, citing concerns about the exclusion of Islamic schools from the program; and Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall icon of the State Fair of Texas, is getting a new pair of boots. The State Fair announced this week that Aaliyah McNeal had produced the winning design of the 2026 Big Tex Boot Design Contest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices