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Three separate shootings in Deep Ellum on Halloween night (Nov. 1, 2026 early morning) killed four people and injured at least 15 within about 75 minutes. Dallas police and federal authorities launched Operation Deep Cover to boost policing in the district. One of the shootings, at 2626 Main St., wounded seven people and is the one tied to suspect David Yancy.
Dallas has not comprehensively updated its development code in more than 40 years, with the last major update in the 1980s. The city's Planning & Development Department, working with consultant Camiros, Ltd., released Public Draft #1 of the new Dallas Development Code on November 5, 2026. The rewrite is meant to implement the ForwardDallas 2.0 land-use plan adopted in 2024. Public engagement will inform a Draft #2.
Nine of the 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education were on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot. Unofficial Secretary of State results show Democrats flipping three Republican-held seats (Districts 2, 6 and 8), which would move the board from 11-4 Republican to 8-7 Democratic. The District 8 margin is extremely narrow, and a recount could be requested. The board sets curriculum standards, adopts instructional materials, and can veto charter applications.
The Dallas Stars announced in May 2026 plans for a new arena and entertainment district at the Shops at Willow Bend Mall site in Plano. Plano's council committed up to $700 million toward the roughly $1 billion arena, part of a $3 billion development. In August the council put Proposition A, a package of venue taxes, on the November ballot. Voters rejected it on November 3.
Tommy Lee Walker was executed in 1956 at age 21 for the 1953 rape and murder of Venice Parker, a crime witnesses said he could not have committed. Dallas County Commissioners Court named its juvenile justice center for longtime DA Henry Wade in 1995. In January 2026 the court symbolically declared Walker innocent after an investigation by the DA's office and the Innocence Project, and it has now agreed to rename the building for him.
Dallas hosted a two-day Republican midterm convention at the city-owned American Airlines Center in September 2026, featuring President Donald Trump. City staff later put the public safety and related costs at roughly $800,000, well below earlier estimates of $2 million to $2.5 million. A private host committee raised $45 million and promised to help defray city costs, but no reimbursement agreement had been reached as of late October.
Wing, an Alphabet-owned drone delivery company that began in 2012 at Google's moonshot lab, has delivered Walmart orders in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since at least 2024. On Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, it announced a new drone manufacturing facility in Fort Worth as part of a US manufacturing investment. The move comes ahead of the FAA's pending Part 108 BVLOS rule.