Many construction projects in Dallas have continued during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the redevelopment of southern Dallas’ Southwest Center Mall. The RedBird project, led by owner Peter Brodsky and co-developer Terrence Maiden of Russell Glen Co., will transform the mall into a true mixed-use development, incorporating retail, office space, a hotel, multifamily and even health […]
May 11, 2020 As Texas’ economy reels from a monthlong shutdown of commerce statewide, unprecedented unemployment and falling oil prices, some Texans are calling on officials to tap into the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund that has billions of tax dollars officials have been saving for years. For weeks, Texans’ attempts to access unemployment benefits, food […]
May 9, 2020 When Lindsey Flores began working as a nurse, she wondered whether she was cut out for the job. The emotional toll of working with sick children, whose families she’d grow close to, started to weigh on Flores, who began working at Children’s Medical Center Dallas a month after graduating from Texas Tech […]
May 10, 2020 Over 33 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the past seven weeks, and millions more have had their pay reduced or work hours cut. How are people coping? Many are using up their savings, racking up credit card debt and raiding retirement funds. Despite billions in federal and state aid, […]
Dallas County Closes First Full Week of May with Highest 7-Day Increase in Coronavirus Cases to Date
May 9, 2020 Dallas County reported 250 new positive COVID-19 cases and eight more deaths Saturday, closing out the first full week of May with its most cases reported in a week to date. The deaths include three residents of long-term care facilities: two Dallas men in their 60s and 80s and a Richardson woman […]
May 8, 2020 hese days, finding work is a full-time job for thousands of struggling North Texans. Some of those people might want to check out 14 employers from Dallas-Fort Worth that were just named among the country’s best workplaces. On May 5, Inc. magazine revealed the 395 employers in the U.S. that made its […]
May 8, 2020 www.dallasnews.com/news/commentary/2020/05/08/dallas-therapists-already-seeing-pandemic-of-a-mental-health-crisis-and-texas-is-dead-last-in-fighting-back/As the coronavirus crisis drags into another month, an Oak Cliff-based nonprofit that’s long been devoted to healing the social-emotional wounds of children and their families can sense the pandemic ratcheting up pressure to the rupturing point: A job stripped away from a mother already struggling to feed her kids. An adolescent’s […]
May 7, 2020 DiversityInc named Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) one of its 2020 Top 50 Companies for Diversity(r), ranking 10th-up from 18th last year. Toyota is the only automotive manufacturer ranked in the Top 10 and has moved up an impressive 38 spots on the list since 2013. “When it comes to diversity and […]
May 6, 2020 For the last 19 years, the supermarket chain based in San Antonio has honored outstanding professionals from Texas public schools. At a special May 5 ceremony of the Excellence in Education Awards program held on Zoom, H-E-B Food/Drug Stores President Scott McClelland credited the incredible progress Dallas ISD has made over the […]
May 7, 2020 Texas Central, the company developing a high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston, won a key legal decision Thursday which could set up a showdown in the Texas Supreme Court. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals said Texas Central and its subsidiary Integrated Texas Logistics are legally railroads in the state of Texas, […]