February 4, 2021 No two Texas COVID-19 vaccine hubs are exactly the same. With so much confusion and competition to get the life-saving doses — which continue to be in short supply — you’d be forgiven if while waiting for your number to be called, you get a little jealous looking over the county line […]
February 4, 2021 Dallas College’s Eastfield campus in Mesquite is working with Amazon to train students in the emerging field of mechatronics technology. As part of the collaboration, students who complete Amazon’s 12-week Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship can earn an associate degree from Dallas College in advanced manufacturing and mechatronics technology. Completing the required coursework […]
February 4, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic that has stalled office leasing has given Dallas-Fort Worth one of the highest office vacancy rates in the country. At the end of 2020, D-FW ranked sixth among the country’s highest office vacancy markets, according to the latest survey by commercial property firm Cushman & Wakefield. More than 21% […]
February 4, 2021 Rocket engine startup Firehawk Aerospace is moving to Dallas to grow its 3-D printed rocket fuel concept and join the space race as Texas becomes a growing hub in the commercial rocket world. Firehawk is looking for space for its primary research facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth area after getting $1.2 million […]
February 4, 2021 Financial giant Goldman Sachs is investing $60 million in Dallas-based Slync.io to help the logistics software company expand. Slync.io, which left San Francisco for a new home in Dallas in June, got the Series B funding through the Goldman Sachs Growth investment division. The funding is intended to give proven companies the […]
February 1, 2021 FC Dallas joined Major League Soccer today in announcing several programs that will be conducted throughout the month of February to celebrate Black History Month. FC Dallas along with MLS will highlight voices of the Black community, continue conversations about systemic racism and injustices, and provide educational resources and programming. Activations throughout […]
February 2, 2021 If you watched Monday night’s game, chances are you noticed the Dallas Mavericks sporting a brand-new warm-up shirt during pre-game activities and while on the bench. The custom NBA shirts were designed by Nike with the words ‘BUILT BY BLACK HISTORY.” Upon closer inspection, there’s a bit more history to go along […]
February 4, 2021 At the halfway point of the school year, 1 in every 5 Dallas ISD high school students – roughly 9,000 of them – have stopped attending classes with any regularity. The district is redoubling its efforts to draw those students back. But it won’t be easy, and experts say that prolonged absenteeism […]
February 4, 2021 In the middle of a recent shift at Kroger in Cedar Hill, Jackie Ryan was assisting customers with self-checkout when an elderly woman asked for help finding canned pumpkin. While Ryan pointed her in the right direction, the woman mentioned that she had been feeling sick. After Ryan helped her and her […]
February 3, 2021 American Airlines will issue 13,000 new furlough notices to its employees on Friday with travel demand stagnating and government aid set to expire at the end of March. After warning workers last week about the possibility of more furlough notices, Fort Worth-based American told employees in a letter Wednesday that it’ll issue […]