The Dallas City Council spent seven hours interviewing three finalists for city manager behind closed doors Wednesday but didn’t announce a frontrunner. Several council members declined to comment after the City Council meeting ended to discuss their interviews with Fort Worth Assistant City Manager William Johnson,

Dallas should have a permanent city manager soon, nearly a year after the former city leader announced he was leaving. Why it matters: The city manager is essentially the CEO of Dallas, managing the $4 billion-plus budget and roughly 15,

It has been nearly a year since former City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced his resignation from Dallas’ CEO seat, and this past weekend marked the first time community members have had a say in who his replacement should be.

The candidates – interim Dallas City Manager Kim Tolbert, assistant Fort Worth City Manager William Johnson, and assistant Sacramento City Manager Mario Lara – were grilled by Dallas City Council members on Wednesday.