Dallas City Hall is grappling with how to help hundreds of families who could lose their homes.
Brandon Formby
Brandon Formby works with The Texas Tribune’s beat editors and reporters to bring Texans the news, analysis and explanatory journalism they need to put pressing issues into perspective. Previously, as an editor on the news desk, he helped steer coverage of legislative sessions, natural disasters, prolonged power outages, mass shootings and the coronavirus pandemic. As a reporter, he covered urban affairs. Before joining the Tribune in 2016, he reported on transportation, politics and local government for The Dallas Morning News. Brandon grew up in Plano and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Texas Tech University. He is based in Austin.
AG Ken Paxton Asks to Jump Into Austin Rental Fight
The attorney general is siding with the Texas Public Policy Foundation in a challenge to Austin’s limits on short-term rentals.



