December 11, 2020 A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the Food and Drug Administration signs off, […]
December 10, 2020 At this year’s Global Light Rail Awards, recognizing excellence and innovation in the global light and urban rail sector, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) was named the winner of the “Vision of the Year” for the D2 Subway project. The DART D2 Subway project is a future second light rail line through […]
December 9, 2020 The Dallas City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to purchase the Hotel Miramar to house homeless Dallas residents who contract COVID-19. The City will pay $3.5 million for the hotel, and the money will come from federal CARES Act funds. The move is an opportunity to take control of a motel that […]
December 10, 2020 It has become increasingly common for companies large and small to move their headquarters or other significant offices or operations out of California. Texas, and especially Dallas-Fort Worth, have been the beneficiary of many of the moves in the last decade-plus, and 2020 was no exception. If anything, the COVID-19 health crisis […]
The holiday shopping season kicked into high gear Friday, and despite COVID-19, the average North Texan plans to spend significantly more on the holidays than they did last year. Shoppers in North Texas say they’ll spend an average of $1,655 per household on holiday gifts, decorations and celebrations this year. That’s what consulting firm Deloitte […]
December 9, 2020 Fitness firm Peloton has confirmed that it will expand its Plano operations fourfold. In 2018, The New York-based company leased almost 30,000 square feet of offices in the $300 million Legacy Central mixed-use campus at U.S. Highway 75 and Legacy Drive. Now Peloton is adding an additional 103,750 square feet to its […]
December 9, 2020 Dallas County reported 33 more coronavirus deaths Wednesday – the county’s second highest single-day toll of the entire pandemic. The record count reported on one day was 36 on July 29. “The deaths we report today are a direct correlation to the high number of cases reported several weeks ago,” County Judge […]
December 9, 2020 The federal government on Monday released detailed hospital-level data showing the toll COVID-19 is taking on health care facilities, including how many inpatient and ICU beds are available on a weekly basis. Using an analysis from the University of Minnesota’s COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project, NPR has created a tool that allows you […]
December 9, 2020 Bloomberg Philanthropies and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) today announced a new partnership to support mayors across the country as they take on the immense challenge of increasing understanding of and access to the COVID-19 vaccines for their residents. The latest offering from the Bloomberg Philanthropies COVID-19 Local Response Initiative was […]
December 8, 2020 Facebook is growing its data center footprint in North Texas with plans to add another 170K SF to its existing Fort Worth Data Center, managers of the data center announced on Facebook Tuesday. The social media giant says the added space will support its cold storage initiative as part of its global […]