August 30, 2020 As schools and universities across Texas begin reopening, families, students and educators are adjusting to remote instruction, schools are preparing to file weekly reports on COVID-19 cases and universities are providing free on-campus coronavirus testing. The Texas Tribune spoke to epidemiologists and health experts about what the state can expect with schools […]
August 30, 2020 Two women in masks watched their children run through a mostly empty Main Street Garden park under the noon sun on a recent workday in downtown Dallas. To the east, the old municipal building that now houses the University of North Texas at Dallas law school still sports plywood on its windows, […]
August 30, 2020 When Fred Perpall enters a room, he owns it. He’s tall, confident, articulate and authentic. He has gravitas, GQ looks and could be a stand-in for fellow Bahamian Sydney Poitier. That’s what friends and colleagues say about him time and again. And yet this 45-year-old leader of a global, billion-dollar Dallas enterprise […]
August 28, 2020 Hurricane Laura made landfall early Thursday morning with sustained winds of 150 mph, wreaking havoc on much of the East Texas and Louisiana coastline and devastating the Louisiana city of Lake Charles, so far claiming the lives of at least four people. Every death is a tragedy, but when we went to […]
August 27, 2020 In March, after losing her job with Rolfson Oil, Laura Orozco filed for unemployment. Her claim was denied. The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), which administers the state’s unemployment insurance system, said that based on the agency’s formula, she hadn’t earned enough income to be eligible. To Orozco, who lives in the Gulf […]
After school went online for her three daughters in the spring, Rebecca Rautio was disappointed with the lack of education her children received. Her oldest child, in sixth grade, would finish a week’s worth of work on Monday, and would have live contact with her teachers just on one weekly Zoom call that was more […]
Dallas-based Builders FirstSource buys rival in deal creating $11.2 billion building materials giant
August 27, 2020 Dallas-based Builders FirstSource is buying a smaller North Carolina rival in an all-stock deal that creates an $11.2 billion-a-year supplier of building materials. The deal to buy BMC Stock Holdings Inc. of Raleigh will close the gap between Builders FirstSource and No. 1 building materials supplier ABC Supply Co., according to a […]
August 27, 2020 A contaminated former Navy airfield in southwest Dallas has long been the city’s dumping ground for government vehicles, and more recently, Confederate monuments pulled from parks. But Dallas leaders envision a future where Hensley Field becomes a sprawling lakefront development with shops, homes, parks and other amenities. While that’s still a long […]
August 27, 2020 Check back regularly for updates on ways to help those impacted by Hurricane Laura. Mass Care Task Force: The MCTF is a collaboration between the American Red Cross North Texas Region, The Salvation Army, the North Texas Food Bank and VolunteerNow. The MCTF is activated to address humanitarian needs resulting from major […]
August 28, 2020 Will Dallas’ arts and culture scene survive the specter of the COVID-19 pandemic? That is a real and serious question. Today, the latest survey conducted by TACA, the Dallas Arts District, and Dallas Area Cultural Advocacy Coalition was released, showing that North Texas arts organizations have suffered more than $67 million in […]