Cecilia Lenzen

2 weeks ago | fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen

By Natalie ParkerWalton, Welch, Whitman, Winifred, Wosley. These are the names of only a few of the “W streets” drivers navigate in Wedgwood. My husband and I bought our home in the southwest Fort Worth neighborhood 10 years ago, just before housing prices skyrocketed and moved in 33 hours before our first child was born.

2 weeks ago | keranews.org | Cecilia Lenzen

Partnership Home executive director Lauren King is usually excited to talk about the local state of homelessness — especially when it comes to how she and her partners are tackling it. But this year, as King delivered the annual State of Homelessness Address to share data on Tarrant and Parker counties’ homeless populations, several concerns were top of mind.

2 weeks ago | fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen

Partnership Home executive director Lauren King is usually excited to talk about the local state of homelessness — especially when it comes to how she and her partners are tackling it. But this year, as King delivered the annual State of Homelessness Address to share data on Tarrant and Parker counties’ homeless populations, several concerns were top of mind.

2 weeks ago | keranews.org | Cecilia Lenzen

Fort Worth City Council members voted 6-4 along partisan lines to oppose Tarrant County’s unusual mid-decade plan to redraw precinct lines, standing against the adoption of any map that would change the existing precincts. “We’re standing not against Tarrant County — we’re standing for the residents of this county,” council member Chris Nettles, a Democrat who initiated the proposal to oppose county redistricting, said immediately before voting during the council’s Tuesday meeting.

2 weeks ago | fortworthreport.org | Cecilia Lenzen

Fort Worth City Council members voted 6-4 along partisan lines to oppose Tarrant County’s unusual mid-decade plan to redraw precinct lines, standing against the adoption of any map that would change the existing precincts. “We’re standing not against Tarrant County — we’re standing for the residents of this county,” council member Chris Nettles, a Democrat who initiated the proposal to oppose county redistricting, said immediately before voting during the council’s Tuesday meeting.