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Podcast: The Dallas Morning News
Episode: Dallas votes to give up DART majority in bid to keep suburbs in system ... and more news
Description: Dallas decided Wednesday to sacrifice some of its power to keep the region’s transit service alive. The high-stakes move is aimed at stopping a half-dozen suburbs from bolting from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit. In other news, the Dallas City Council turned to a new search firm Wednesday to recruit a watchdog responsible for sniffing out wasteful spending, fraud and corruption in City Hall; and after four years as chief of the southern Dallas County school district, DeSoto ISD Superintendent Usamah Rodgers is retiring. The district’s board unanimously approved a retirement agreement with Rodgers at a meeting Tues...