# Dallas mayor’s budget blueprint: Reduce taxes, shrink bureaucracy ... and more news

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Podcast: [The Dallas Morning News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dallas-morning-news-559340)
Published: 2026-07-27T11:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/AIRWV7777555273.mp3
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Duration seconds: 369

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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson proposed several ideas in a newsletter Sunday as ways to cut spending and raise revenue while Dallas confronts a projected $51 million gap in its next budget. In other news, a man accused of breaking into a woman's apartment was shot and killed by Fort Worth police Sunday morning;  in April, the CDC issued an advisory, warning Americans of a nationwide rise in tick-borne illnesses. The agency reported tick bite-related ER visits reached their highest levels since 2017; and retiring is getting more expensive. Meet the mother-daughter duo with a solution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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