Michaela Rush

Fredericksburg

Reporter at Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post

HEAL Fellow at Solutions Journalism Network

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Articles

City, county eye growth needs

Nov 20, 2024 | fredericksburgstandard.com | Michaela Rush

Main, News By Michaela Rush, on November 20, 2024 City, county eye growth needs Emergency services will need to rise with population
Board eyes legislative priorities committee

Oct 16, 2024 | fredericksburgstandard.com | Michaela Rush

Main, News October 16, 2024 Board eyes legislative priorities committee
FFD ‘pushes’ new engine, honors late firefighter

Oct 2, 2024 | fredericksburgstandard.com | Michaela Rush

The Fredericksburg Fire Department and community members performed a “push-in” ceremony for a new fire engine on Friday, Sept. 27. Many family members of the late Captain Stacy Kuhlmann, who led the process to get the new engine, were in attendance. From left, DJ Herbort, Catherine Kuhlmann, Cindy Schmidtzinsky, Clifford Kuhlmann, Lynette Kuhlmann, Farren Basse, Joanna Gerken, Cole Kuhlmann and Don Kuhlmann.
New entrances, renovations planned for Lincoln High School

Aug 15, 2024 | dallasfreepress.com | Michaela Rush |South Dallas

||Categories: Education, South Dallas|In June members of the Dallas ISD bond construction team held a community meeting to discuss an application to the City of Dallas for a special use permit, or SUP, at Lincoln High School. While the meeting was intended for the South Dallas community, it was attended only by District 7 Plan Commissioner Tabitha Wheeler-Reagan, Lincoln’s principal Lance Williams, Dallas ISD District 9 Trustee Ed Turner, and other Dallas ISD employees.
What the City’s new ‘Historic and Cultural Preservation Strategy’ means for neighbors

Aug 15, 2024 | dallasfreepress.com | Michaela Rush

||Categories: Housing + Property Taxes, South Dallas, West Dallas| News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. This spring the Dallas City Council voted unanimously to approve the city’s new Historic and Cultural Preservation Strategy by the Planning and Development department.
Builders of Hope, Wesley-Rankin partner for new property tax assistance program

Aug 6, 2024 | dallasfreepress.com | Michaela Rush

||Categories: Bickers Park, Gilbert-Emory/Muncie, Greenleaf Village, Homestead, La Bajada, La Loma, Lake West, Ledbetter, Los Altos, Singleton United/Unidos, Tin District, Trinity Groves, Victory Gardens, West Dallas, Westmoreland, Westmoreland Heights| The latest: Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation recently rolled out their new property tax assistance program through a partnership between Wesley-Rankin Community Center, to reimburse longtime West Dallas homeowners for...
Civic explainer: What is a school SBDM committee?

Jun 7, 2024 | dallasfreepress.com | Michaela Rush |South Dallas |West Dallas

||Categories: Education, South Dallas, West Dallas| Explainer A data-driven story that provides background, definition and detail on a specific topic. News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The most powerful way to impact decisions on public school campuses is a site-based decision-making, or SBDM, committee, which directly advises the campus principal.
Emory credit union creators hope to bridge West Dallas’ banking gap

May 23, 2024 | dallasfreepress.com | Michaela Rush

||Categories: Economic Development, Gilbert-Emory/Muncie, West Dallas| News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. “Growing up in West Dallas, there were no banks,” says Lenora Coleman, a longtime resident of the historically Black Gilbert-Emory neighborhood.
Queen City neighbors ask City of Dallas to preserve their history

May 16, 2024 | dallasfreepress.com | Michaela Rush

||Categories: Housing + Property Taxes, Queen City, South Dallas| News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The latest: At the most recent City of Dallas Landmark Commission meeting, South Dallas neighbors presented a request: approval to move forward with a historical designation overlay for the Queen City neighborhood.
Here’s your cheat sheet for the Dallas ISD District 9 election

Apr 23, 2024 | dallasfreepress.com | Michaela Rush

April 23, 2024South DallasEarly voting begins today and Election Day is Saturday, May 4 for Dallas ISD’s District 9 Trustee, which includes South Dallas. In the last District 9 election in 2021, 4,454 ballots were cast, with 76% going to incumbent Trustee Justin Henry. The trustee for District 9 represents the Madison, Lincoln, and Skyline high school zones, which includes 18 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 3 multi-level schools, as well as Citylab and Booker T. Washington high schools.