September 3, 2020 This year, the virtual State of Entrepreneurship event aired on YouTube with special guests including Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson; Michael Shawn, radio co-host of K104FM’s DeDe In the Morning; Sanjiv Yajnik, president of Financial Services at Capital One; and Trey Bowles, co-founder of The DEC Network and president of Innocity Partners LLC. […]
September 4, 2020 Another landmark office building in Dallas’s urban core has hit the market. Newmark Knight Frank is marketing the 56-story, 1.74 million-square-foot Renaissance Tower in downtown Dallas, according to its website. Located at 1201 Elm St., the tower was built in 1974 and is the second tallest building in Dallas behind Bank of […]
September 4, 2020 Coppell-based mortgage lender and servicer Mr. Cooper plans to hire an additional 2,000 mortgage professionals and support staff nationwide through the remainder of 2020 – including 1,000 people in North Texas – as interest rates near all-time lows drives demand for loan refinancing and home purchases. These jobs are in addition to […]
September 3, 2020 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds families that open enrollment in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state’s prepaid college tuition program, began Sept. 1 and runs through Feb. 28, 2021. The Texas Tuition Promise Fund offers parents and loved ones the chance to prepay a child’s future higher education at Texas public […]
September 2, 2020 Health and education experts worry children starting the school year at home aren’t getting the exercise they need. The CDC says kids in grades K-12 need a minimum of 20 minutes of exercise a day in the form of recess or physical education. That’s especially hard to accomplish for busy parents who […]
September 2, 2020 Many parents are concerned about how to make remote learning work. UT-Arlington professor Peggy Semingson has a few tips for the coming school year. With school back in session in several districts across North Texas, many students are enrolled in virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many parents are concerned about […]
September 1, 2020 For more than two decades, Junior Achievement of Dallas has honored local businesses and civic leaders who inspire greatness in the next generation by inducting them into its Dallas Business Hall of Fame. Now in its 23rd year, past laureates include Ebby Halliday, Norman Brinker, T. Boone Pickens, Craig Hall, and Kelcy […]
September 2, 2020 Dallas County officials reported 323 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, and 35 others that are part of a backlog in the state’s reporting system. Six new confirmed deaths and one probable death also were reported due to the virus. The victims included four Dallas residents ranging from their 50s to their […]
September 2, 2020 Dallas County Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it would open a housing facility where residents with mild cases of COVID-19 can quarantine. The complex is intended to help prevent people from spreading the virus to others in their households, especially those who are elderly or immunocompromised, according to Dr. Philip […]
September 2, 2020 Residents of Irving, Addison, Mesquite, Garland, DeSoto, Farmers Branch, Duncanville, Lancaster, Balch Springs and Cockrell Hill can apply, as well as Grand Prairie, Carrollton and Richardson residents who live in the parts of their cities that are in Dallas County. All applicants who meet the requirements will be entered into a lottery […]