The Dallas Dispatch is a local news desk for the Dallas–Fort Worth metro. We cover the practical stuff that actually lands in a North Texas household: the property-tax notice on the kitchen counter, the heat advisory that decides whether the kids play outside, the toll text that might be a scam, the benefit you did not know you qualified for, and the fastest way to renew a registration without standing in a line.
We are not a national outlet writing about Texas from a distance, and we are not a politics-first publication. We are a neighbor who reads the city-council agenda, the appraisal district’s fine print, and the ERCOT grid notice so you do not have to, then explains what it means for your week and your wallet.
What we cover
Our reporting is organized around the things that shape daily life across Dallas, Fort Worth, and the surrounding suburbs:
- Dallas & DFW News — City Hall, growth and development, transit, and schools.
- Weather & the Grid — forecasts and storms, summer heat, winter and ERCOT, and air quality.
- Cost of Living — housing and rent, property taxes, groceries and gas, and utilities.
- Money & Benefits — Social Security, Medicare, Texas benefits, and taxes and refunds.
- Scams & Safety — local scams, recalls, consumer rights, and public safety.
- Around North Texas — things to do, free and low-cost help, and getting around by DART, toll road, or DMV.
How we work
Every factual claim we publish is tied to a primary source, and we link it in the article so you can check it yourself. When we tell you a deadline, a dollar figure, or a rule, it comes from the agency that sets it: the Texas Comptroller, the Dallas and Tarrant appraisal districts, ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission, Texas Health and Human Services, TxDMV and DPS, DART and the NTTA, the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, and the federal agencies behind Social Security, Medicare, and the IRS. We keep links to mainstream news to a minimum and prefer the official record.
We write plainly and soberly. We do not chase outrage, we do not run clickbait headlines, and when something cannot be confirmed from the public record, we say so rather than guess.
On the use of AI
We use AI tools to help draft and research some of our explanatory articles. We do not use them to invent facts, quotes, people, or numbers. Every AI-assisted article is checked against primary sources and reviewed by a person before it publishes, and it carries a disclosure line. A human decides what we cover and whether it is right.
Where we are
The Dallas Dispatch is an independent local publication based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, serving readers across North Texas. Have a tip, a question, or a correction? Reach us through our contact page.