October 14, 2020 JPMorgan Chase today announced it is investing $10 million in Texas’ workforce to help create and sustain opportunity for underserved communities across the state. The firm’s philanthropic investment in Texas is part of JPMorgan Chase’s new $30 billion commitment to advance racial equity and drive an inclusive economic recovery. Texas has experienced […]
October 13, 2020 The first day of early voting in Texas saw long lines, a record number of voters in the state’s most populous county and relatively few hitches as voters surged to polling places despite the novel coronavirus pandemic. Voters in Harris County shattered the record for in-person ballots cast on the first day […]
October 13, 2020 Jacobs wants to put its corporate signature on its new hometown. The technology and engineering giant is paying $8 million for the naming rights to a key portion of Klyde Warren Park’s second phase being built over Woodall Rodgers Freeway. The western edge of the 1.65-acre expansion will be named The Jacobs […]
October 13, 2020 Fidelity Investments plans to hire 550 financial advisers, licensed representatives and customer service workers in Dallas-Fort Worth amid increased trading activity and pandemic-related demand for financial services. The company’s hiring will take place over the next six months as part of a push to bring on 4,000 new employees across the country. […]
October 13, 2020 Southwest Airlines made a big splash Monday when it announced intentions to fly out of George Bush Intercontinental in Houston and O’Hare International in Chicago. In both Houston and Chicago, Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has historically stayed out of the bigger airports, George Bush and O’Hare, and instead dominated the traffic […]
October 12, 2020 The votes are in and Condé Nast Traveler readers have named the top 20 hotels in Texas, with Dallas hotels taking up six spots. Tallying up more than 715,000 reader votes based on their travel experiences, the publication ranked the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek as the No. 1 hotel in the […]
October 13, 2020 A federal appeals court ruled late Monday night that Texas can limit counties to one mail ballot drop-off site in a decision with deep implications for November’s presidential elections. In an order filed at 11:06 p.m. the night before early voting was set to begin in Texas, a three-judge panel of the […]
October 13, 2020 In a Q&A, commercial real estate industry veteran Jeff Ellerman discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on corporate relocations and expansions in Dallas-Fort Worth. While “most companies that don’t have to transact are waiting for additional clarity regarding the pandemic,” he sees a bright future in a longer view. Ellerman shares […]
October 13, 2020 Early voting kicks off Tuesday for a high-stakes Texas election that has Republicans battling to maintain their dominance statewide and in a raft of down-ballot races centered on the suburbs — all amid a pandemic that has upended political normalcy. Democrats enter the early voting period brimming with optimism. Statewide, they believe […]
October 12, 2020 Dallas ISD has long faced difficult challenges. It’s a large, diverse district with the majority of its students economically disadvantaged. It has also seen many of its would-be students head to schools in more-affluent suburbs or other competing schools. Add to these challenges the reality that the district’s school buildings have an […]