January 19, 2021 Dallas-Fort Worth has made it on the list of the U.S. metros expected to be the top 2021 housing markets. The D-FW area ranked sixth among the 20 markets in Zillow’s survey. Austin ranked first in the annual report — its second year in a row to head the list. “The pandemic […]
January 19, 2021 Dallas County’s health department will begin prioritizing residents in predominately Black and Latino neighborhoods for the COVID-19 vaccine at Fair Park after early limited data showed many shots were going to residents in northern communities. In a divided vote, commissioners shifted the county’s effort to vaccinate anyone who meets the state’s broader […]
January 17, 2021 While 2020 had its challenges for North Texas, it also delivered some upside in at least one area: venture-related investing. For the year, the region reached more than $1.1 billion, easily topping the year-ago period of $579 million, according to the PwC/CB Insights Q4 2020 MoneyTree Report. It also was the best […]
January 17, 2021 J. Small Investments has announced that UT Southwestern Medical Center has signed an 180,000 square-foot lease at their visionary project, Pegasus Park. UT Southwestern is a public academic health science center in Dallas and is the largest medical school in the University of Texas System and Texas with approximately 20,000 employees, more […]
Another San Francisco-based firm is packing up and heading to Texas. Global data center company Digital Realty announced Thursday it will relocate its S.F. headquarters to Austin, Texas. The move follows a recent flight from the Bay Area by Oracle, which is transferring its headquarters from Redwood City to Austin. Hewlett Packard is shifting its […]
January 18, 2021 The number of coronavirus vaccination hubs across Texas will nearly triple this week as the state distributes about 70% more doses than it did one week ago. In North Texas, the number of hubs will grow from six to 13 – including four in Collin County, where the county judge said last […]
January 18, 2021 Texas reported 11,590 more coronavirus cases Monday, including 10,805 new cases and 785 older cases that were recently reported by labs. The state also reported 46 COVID-19 deaths, raising its toll to 32,084. Of the new cases, 10,110 were confirmed and 695 were probable. Of the older cases, 618 were confirmed and […]
January 18, 2021 Southlake is one of the safest small cities in the U.S., according to a new list from MoneyGeek. The personal finance website, which ranked the country’s safest small cities and towns – those with a population between 30,000 and 100,000 – analyzed crime statistics. To “quantify the cost of crime” in smaller […]
January 18, 2021 The Texas Tribune is using data from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track how many people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Texas each day. The state data comes from 57 city and county health departments, about 600 hospitals and 340 laboratories and the state vital records […]