As COVID-19 continues to affect daily life, owners of restaurants and other local businesses in the Dallas area are forced to make really tough decisions.Restrictions on dining capacity, forced closure, and everything else that goes with the COVID-19 threat have drastically affected the business climate in cities across the country.
Dallas Chief of Police Renee Hall – the first woman to hold that position – informed Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax of her intent to resign on Sept. 8., effective Nov. 10, 2020, after a 3-year tenure.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas analyzed data from many sources, including mobile applications to measure and determine how prevalent food deserts are across the country, and particularly in urban areas. The results, published in Frontiers in Public Health on March 6, found the data for possible food deserts in Dallas were incomplete.
After Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins ordered craft stores to close, limited group gatherings, and implemented shelter-in-place, Dallas County commissioners voted to limit Jenkins’ emergency powers.
Super PAC Coalition for a New Dallas is calling for the Dallas Parks and Recreation District Board to delay voting for a new director due to a lack of transparency in the selection process. It asks community members to reach out to the parks and rec department and make the same request.
Randy Bowman’s mission to build Dallas’ first urban boarding campus got a $400,000 boost when the City Council voted 11-3 to provide a grant, according to a report by The Dallas Morning News.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center admitted to keeping a list of important people who would receive favored treatment in 2007, which leads observers to wonder if the medical center still maintains that list. The question is relevant, given the current medical crisis that is unfolding around the world and in the United States.
In 2019 Keri Mitchell wrote an in-depth article for the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate looking at an admission scandal at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts. This March the Dallas Morning News also tackled the topic in an opinion piece. But, the two pieces were very different.
The search for the next director of Dallas Park and Recreation Department is occurring during a time dominated by the spread of the novel coronavirus. This means that the potential batch of candidates to serve as department head may not know what’s going on in the search.
Travis Hollman, CEO of Hollman Lockers, has pledged to pay all 285 of his employees for full 40-hour weeks during the shutdown due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The City of Dallas's nationwide search to fill the city parks director position has been narrowed down to a handful of individuals, including interim director John Jenkins who the alleged NAACP to have perpetuated a hostile work environment.