May 15, 2020 The Texas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily put on hold an expansion of voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic. Siding with Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Supreme Court blocked a state appeals court decision that allowed voters who lack immunity to the virus to qualify for absentee ballots by citing a […]
May 16, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott continues to loosen his grip on social distancing for the coronavirus and is expected to make more announcements about which Texas businesses may reopen on Monday. Here’s a refresher on where things stand, which categories of business can start opening at 12:01 a.m. Monday and what Abbott may – […]
May 12, 2020 Dallas-based Borden Dairy will supply 700 million milk servings to nonprofit organizations starting Friday under a federal coronavirus-relief program designed to get food and produce to needy families. Borden won the $147 million contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its Farmers to Families Food Box Program, the company said Tuesday. […]
Chickasaw Management Services, LLC (CMS) has been awarded a $20 million contract to provide business support services to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The five-year contract will require the CMS team to focus primarily on search services within the USPTO. “We are extremely honored to have been selected to deliver search services to […]
Texas recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday with state officials reporting 58 deaths. This comes just a few days before the next reopening phase of the economy. Beginning Monday, the next wave of businesses will reopen in Texas. This includes gyms throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Under Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest […]
May 15, 2020 Texas courts are being pulled into the war between the state of Texas and its local governments as what has been primarily a legislative and political fight grows into a legal one. The pandemic is testing the authority of the governor, city and county government officials, state district judges, businesses and individuals […]
May 13, 2020 A myriad of companies and entrepreneurs across Dallas-Fort Worth have stepped up to produce personal protective equipment throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But a group of local innovators, all in various industries, had a different idea-create an entirely new device that could actually make PPE reusable. Hepius Equipment has developed a technology that […]
May 15, 2020 In a historic collapse, retail spending in the United States nosedived again last month, dropping a record 16.4% as people avoided restaurants, bars, stores and malls during the coronavirus pandemic. The devastation spread across virtually all sectors, hitting clothing and furniture stores, restaurants and gas stations. April’s plunge nearly doubled the record […]
‘We’re glad to be here,’ says woman who spearheads North Texas Food Bank mobile pantry distributions
May 14, 2020 Valerie Hawthorne remembers the exact moment she had to spring into action. On a Saturday morning in March, right at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, 100 volunteers were scheduled to put together food boxes at the North Texas Food Bank. Only two showed up. “We knew that was the time when […]
May 14, 2020 Daron Babcock digs his hand deep into the carrot leaves, grabbing the base of the stems before pulling out a bright orange 8-inch root with a split down the length of it. He’ll save that one to feed the goats. The winter harvest has wrapped up at Bonton Farms, and soon the […]