March 2, 2021 Organizers of the State Fair of Texas are moving ahead with plans for this year’s event Sept. 24 through Oct. 17 despite a cloud of uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic. Karissa Condoianis, spokeswoman and senior vice president of public relations, says the team is taking “an optimistic and measured approach” and notes […]
March 2, 2021 The coronavirus pandemic has led to the closure of about a thousand restaurants a month across the state, according to the Texas Restaurant Association. In almost a year since it all began in Texas, about 11,000 restaurants have closed, Emily Williams Knight, the association’s president, said in an episode of the Y’all-itics […]
March 2, 2021 Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday that will lift coronavirus restrictions and end the statewide mask mandate March 10. Here’s what you need to know: When will the state reopen and the mask mandate be lifted? The order will be effective at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, March 10. Who will be […]
March 2, 2021 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday effective next Wednesday, he’s ending the statewide mask mandate and allowing businesses to open to 100% capacity. “Too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities. Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end,” Abbott said during a press conference […]
March 2, 2021 To hear consumer company executives describe it, the leisure and hospitality industry is on the cusp of a major vaccine-fueled rebound. Business people are tired of working from home and want to gather again for group meetings and conferences. Teenagers and adults can’t wait for movie date nights or evenings out with […]
March 1, 2021 North Texas is cashing in on fintech. Just last week, a local company signaled its move to the public markets. Dallas’ Apex Clearing Holdings LLC and Northern Star Investment Corp. II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company or SPAC, announced a merger agreement that’s set to put the combined entity on […]
March 1, 2021 About 390,000 Texas residents were still under boil water advisories as of midday Monday, almost two weeks after a winter storm slammed large swaths of the South. The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) website shows there are 399 active boil water notices in effect on Monday, while 1,780 notices have already […]
March 1, 2021 Texas and Ohio return to the top of their rankings despite pandemic-based challenges that brought multi-tasking to a whole new level for their chief executives. It’s déjà vu all over again. Only the project numbers are different where Ohio and Texas – the 2020 Governor’s Cup winning states for per capita and […]
February 28, 2021 Doug Claffey, the founder of Energage, has been following workplace trends for two decades as the company has surveyed more than 2 million workers at 7,000-plus organizations in 56 media markets. Energage has administered The Dallas Morning News’ Top 100 Places to Work competition since its inception in 2009. But Claffey will […]
February 26, 2021 Dallas County will receive 6,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus vaccine next week, County Judge Clay Jenkins says. The vaccine was endorsed Friday by a panel of U.S. health advisers, and the Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue its final decision on emergency approval soon, clearing the way […]