For the first time in his life as a business owner, Karl Kuby Jr. sold a case of Angel Soft toilet paper. His family’s Kuby’s Sausage House and European Market in Snider Plaza has never seen anything like this in its nearly 60 years of operating: Broccoli is selling like bouquets of roses on Valentine’s […]
Two days after Gov. Greg Abbott requested it, President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that a major disaster exists in Texas because of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Trump ordered federal monetary assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in areas affected by COVID-19 beginning on Jan. 20 “and continuing,” said a White […]
Small businesses can’t just shut down. They don’t have big balance sheets and lines of credit supporting them. They depend on employees who are like extended family. And while they hear reports daily from Washington that help is on the way, the specifics and time frames remain as uncertain as the coronavirus threat. So far, […]
Protecting public health is everyone’s top priority now, so Americans are rightly focused on social distancing and other measures to stay safe. How are they supposed to stay solvent during the coronavirus, too? A federal rescue package will help, after a final bill is approved, tweaked and ready to go. But consumers should look beyond […]
A Fort Worth university has opened a COVID-19 testing site away from its campus for Tarrant County-area first responders as the city’s ambulance service said its employees would begin to be screened before each shift. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth said its testing site, opened on Monday, is intended […]
DART cares about our customers and your ability to use public transportation during this challenging time. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, DART is relaxing the requirements for you to qualify for the new Discount GoPass(r) Tap Card Program. Got questions about the new tap card? We’ve got answers. Question: Can I apply for the […]
Senate leaders have struck a historic deal to inject the U.S. economy with about $2 trillion in aid in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The deal comes after days of intense negotiations and false starts among Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. www.npr.org/2020/03/25/818881845/senate-reaches-historic-deal-on-2t-coronavirus-economic-rescue-package
Nearly every industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, and fashion is no exception. Events are cancelled or postponed, buying and selling has slowed, brick-and-mortar shops are closed, much of production has halted, and the supply chain has been completely shaken. Despite retailers and manufacturers dealing with the tumultuous repercussions of a global pandemic-and many […]
As businesses shutter and residents shelter in place inside their North Texas homes, employers feeling the economic stress of the coronavirus pandemic have begun laying off workers. The Texas Workforce Commission, the state agency that handles unemployment benefits and job services, will host a live Q&A at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to help Texans better understand […]
After reading about shortages of masks as COVID-19 spreads through the country, Mitch Lurie decided to do something about it. The Leather Sofa Co. – which husband and wife Mitch and DeAnn Lurie co-founded in 2004 – has shifted daily output at its Lewisville manufacturing facility from 20 pieces of furniture to 1,000 masks for […]