DART fails to pass 2025 budget as appointees disagree on spending ... and more news

Dallas Area Rapid Transit appointees failed to pass the agency’s budget for fiscal year 2025 on Tuesday amid ongoing disagreements on how to approach spending. Committee-of-the-Whole members diverged Tuesday and during an August meeting about whether to proactively reduce its 1.6% year-over-year budget growth in light of member cities’ desire to reduce sales tax contributions to DART by a quarter. Also, despite receiving millions of dollars in federal funding, the city of Dallas has failed to administer the program to remove lead from residents’ houses, a Dallas Morning News investigation found; the Dallas Police Department will soon try out a new system to better pinpoint random bursts of gunfire. The City Council on Wednesday approved a three-year contract for more than $300,000 with Crime Gunshot Intelligence Technologies for its gunshot detection program, FireFLY LE; and someone who purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Sugar Land is about to really be living the sweet life. A gas station in the Houston suburb sold the winning ticket as the game’s jackpot rose to $800 million, valued at roughly $404.2 million cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices