October 3, 2020 The nation’s economy is clawing its way back from the deepest hole since the Depression, but the recovery is occurring unevenly across a broad range of indicators important to Dallas-Fort Worth and Texas. The recovery’s shape – V, W, K or hockey stick – is largely dependent on federal, state and local […]
October 2, 2020 Counting for the 2020 census will continue through October, a U.S. district judge ordered late Thursday night in a decision that requires census workers to continue operations in Texas and the country past the Census Bureau’s self-imposed Monday deadline. The Census Bureau had already begun concluding its field work despite an injunction […]
October 1, 2020 Thryv Holdings, the Dallas-based company that owns the Yellow Pages, began trading shares of its common stock on the Nasdaq on Thursday, hoping to attract investors with its growth into a small-business-management platform. Perhaps you haven’t opened or even seen a physical Yellow Pages book in years, but you’ve certainly seen the […]
October 1, 2020 State and business leaders are hanging their hopes on the promise of new rapid coronavirus tests that they say could allow Texans to return to aspects of their daily lives more safely during the pandemic, at least until a COVID-19 vaccine is made widely available. Gov. Greg Abbott has touted that Texas […]
October 2, 2020 After thousands took to the streets this summer to protest police brutality and racial injustice, galvanized by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, some Texas law enforcement agencies faced stiff criticism for their responses. Allegations of excessive force prompted some jurisdictions to slash police budgets and others to adopt a […]
October 2, 2020 Dallas-Fort Worth is the nation’s top apartment demand center once again, with the quarterly increase in the number of occupied units coming in at 8,957 units, according to Richardson-based multifamily analytics firm RealPage Inc. That demand total is just under the 9,504 units absorbed in 3rd quarter 2019. But it’s more than […]
October 1, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott threw the weight of his office Thursday behind Republican efforts to limit options for Texas voters who want to hand-deliver their completed absentee ballots for the November election – a rebuke to some large, Democratic counties that have set up multiple drop-off locations in what they call an effort […]
October 1, 2020 After Hattie B’s Hot Chicken confirmed last month it was taking a “serious look” at opening restaurants in Texas, today it confirmed a lease has been signed in Dallas. The company’s first Texas location will be at 3000 Main St. in Deep Ellum. “We want to be in vibrant neighborhoods that bring […]
October 1, 2020 Anyone with a heart can think back to the moment when injustice slammed you hard into the realization that “this is not the world I want to live in, I want to be a part of something different.” You signed up for a volunteer gig, made generous donations or maybe even protested […]
October 2, 2020 President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday. Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks came down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week. Trump was last […]