$1.2M City Budget For 911 Dispatch Hiring + New Parkland Clinic

Have a good Wednesday, Dallas! Let’s start this day right. Here’s everything you need to know in Dallas today.

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First the weather today:

Clear all day. High: 83 Low: 58.

Here are the top stories in Dallas today:

  1. Dallas has a new budget for the city that includes $ 1.2 million to reduce waiting times for 911. The city manager plans to use these funds to hire an additional 44 call takers and 12 dispatchers. As of June 2021, only 55 percent of the Dallas’ The response times of 911 call centers corresponded to the national standard of 10 seconds (the average response time in Dallas 33 seconds), which in the opinion of the city administration is due to a lack of staff and high fluctuation. (KERA News)
  2. Yesterday, Parkland Hospital opened a new clinic in the former Red Bird shopping mall Location to expand its holistic health offering southern Dallas. The 40,000 square meter clinic is now the second largest health center in the Parkland System. It will offer primary care, family medicine, mammography, and basic radiology, as well as a center for child psychiatry and physical rehabilitation. (The Dallas Morning News)
  3. A pickup hit and killed a person on the nearby road Dallas Love Field Airport early Tuesday morning. (WFAA.com)
  4. Officials responded to a shooting on Monday morning Flamingo Apartments by doing Dallas Oak Lawn Neighborhood where Justin Wayne DixonThe 30-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. (WFAA.com)
  5. the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance believes homelessness will change Dallas County after the ban on camping in public places from September 1st. (Star Local Media)

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Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in media, culture and communication from New York University. She has worked as a freelance reporter, editor-in-chief, editor and editor-in-chief for a variety of B2B news agencies. She is currently co-owner and operator of the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.

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