North Texas Dallas leaders are renewing their focus on nightlife, aiming to help businesses and neighbors coexist in the city’s most popular entertainment districts. The effort comes as Dallas ...

Dallas says tougher code enforcement is cutting crime in entertainment districts, but the crackdown is also hurting ...

City leaders say stepped‑up enforcement curbed crime but exposed outdated ordinances now hurting well‑run venues.

Two Dallas bars say the city is forcing them to stop charging cover fees for live music. The city argues both businesses are classified as restaurants, not entertainment venues, under zoning rules.

Some North Texas restaurant owners say a recent crackdown by Dallas code enforcement could put the future of local live music at risk. At least two restaurants, Revelers Hall in Oak Cliff and The Free ...

When Dallas code enforcement officers informed two popular restaurants earlier this month that they could no longer charge the cover fees required to offer live music, the response from commenters on ...