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June 22, 2021 Emerging Texas entrepreneurs are getting a major boost from two leading local organizations-Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Capital Factory-that could spur innovative health and technology solutions serving customers across the state. Dallas’ C1 Innovation Lab, in partnership with BCBSTX, has entered into a collaboration with Capital Factory to […]
January 22, 2021 Hidalgo County Health Authority Ivan Melendez says coming into COVID-19 units nowadays feels like going through a non-linear version of the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. “You cry,” he told the Tribune. “There’s a lady that I’m taking care of that I’ve known since I was a […]
July 25, 2020 Nearly 100 Texas mayors, from large and small cities, signed a letter sent to every member of Congress from Texas, asking for help from the federal government. www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/inside-politics/inside-texas-politics-mayors-ask-for-federal-help-to-rebuild-our-communities/287-81518d64-2d20-4ab5-94d6-ca2d98f69d34
July 27, 2020 The Trump administration wants to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population counts used to determine seats in Congress, an idea that would cut into the strength of the Texas delegation to Washington, D.C. […] www.texastribune.org/2020/07/27/trump-dilute-republican-power-texas/
May 21, 2020 University of Texas at Austin students will return for fall classes, but their time on campus will be cut short as they will not be allowed to return after the Thanksgiving break, according to an email sent to students from school officials Wednesday. Reading days and final exams will happen remotely this […]
May 21, 2020 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), a leader in aerospace innovation, is partnering with JPS Health Network to leverage the use of technology to combat the spread of COVID-19 and its long-term effects on vulnerable and financially at-risk populations in Tarrant County. Through a $500,000 Lockheed Martin grant to the JPS Foundation, which seeks […]
May 21, 2020 Vari, an office products company in Coppell, has a big-picture view of how the pandemic is changing the workplace. As an employer, it assigned over 300 people to work from home, and they got up to speed within four hours, said co-founder and CEO Jason McCann. They’ve been productive and efficient, he […]
May 20, 2020 Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been outspoken about how reopening should be handled during the coronavirus pandemic. Cuban is part of the advisory group President Donald Trump created to give input on the process. At a virtual meeting Wednesday hosted by the Dallas Regional Chamber, Cuban spoke with WFAA’s Cynthia Izaguirre […]
May 20, 2020 A federal appeals court has temporarily put on hold a lower court’s sweeping ruling that would have allowed all Texas voters to qualify to vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic. Siding with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday blocked […]