U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, believes we aren’t approaching the coronavirus pandemic with the aggression necessary to stop it. Indeed, these last two months have felt like we’re on our heels, doing whatever we can to avoid others and stay inside as the economy craters and our public health officials scramble to secure testing and […]
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has named Dr. Kelvin Baggett as the city’s COVID-19 Health and Healthcare Access Czar. Baggett’s role will include assessing and leading efforts to increase testing and contact tracing, in addition to promoting health measures. “We are all doing what we can to respond to the daunting and unprecedented challenges posed by […]
While other school districts across the Dallas-Fort Worth area are pivoting to in-person graduation ceremonies held in larger outdoor venues to allow for social distancing, Dallas ISD isn’t going to be among them. The district’s superintendent, Michael Hinojosa, reiterated Tuesday that Dallas would stick with virtual graduations in the coming weeks, following the guidance of […]
May 12, 2020 Turns out the first event at Globe Life Field won’t be in the new $1.2 billion stadium, but outside of it. The Rangers on Tuesday announced a series of four one-hour drive-in concerts to be held June 4-7 in the Tundra B Lot at the stadium featuring Texas music artists Eli Young […]
May 12, 2020 It’s no secret Elon Musk will speak what’s on his mind. And one of his latest statements on Twitter could end up benefitting the Dallas area. Over the weekend, the entrepreneur expressed frustration over restrictions on the Tesla Inc. plant in Fremont, Calif., which is near the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto. […]
May 12, 2020 Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide more than $1 billion in food benefits through the federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program to families with children who have temporarily lost access to free […]
May 12, 2020 Lack of worker mobility and social distancing are taking a heavy toll on workers holding jobs that cannot be performed from home in the wake of stay-at-home orders issued by states and localities to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). While multiple factors determine the number of at-risk jobs in various […]
Texas the laggard? The Lone Star State has often been a leading economic light, surpassing the rest of nation on job growth, output and other key measures. That probably won’t happen this year. The coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders have locked down much of the economy, and Texas has some especially vulnerable sectors, including air […]
General Motors will soon implement nationwide coronavirus safety protocols developed, in part, at its Arlington assembly plant as it aims to restart vehicle production next week. GM worked with union leaders to develop the protocols, which include social distancing, temperature checks and COVID-19 testing for symptomatic employees, the company said in a media briefing Monday. […]
May 12, 2020 Borden, one of America’s favorite dairy companies founded in 1857, was awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) largest contract through its new Farmers to Families Food Box Program as part of the Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program (CFAP). The contract will enable Borden to supply 700 million servings of fresh fluid milk […]