August 27, 2020 American Airlines will slow plans to drop service to three of the 15 cities it announced last week, but the future of the carrier in those markets is still in doubt with the continuing travel industry downturn due to COVID-19. The Fort Worth-based airline said it will hold off on dropping service […]
August 28, 2020 Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said despite some modest improvements in late July and August “passenger demand remains inconsistent and difficult to forecast and still at very depressed levels.” More than five months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Kelly said planes will still be less than half full on average in September and […]
August 27, 2020 Dallas County health officials reported 219 new coronavirus cases Thursday, with the total for the entire pandemic eclipsing the 70,000 mark. The county also reported five new COVID-19 deaths. Fifty-nine of the cases came from a backlog caused by coding issues in the state’s reporting system. The backlog added 18 June cases, […]
August 28, 2020 Boeing [NYSE: BA] today donated $10.6 million to a group of 20 nonprofits working to address racial equity and social justice in the United States. The funding package is part of the company’s previously announced multi-year commitment that includes a mix of local and national-level grants aimed at increasing the number of […]
August 27, 2020 Starting Sept. 8, Texas will require school districts to file weekly reports on new COVID-19 cases among students, teachers or staff, state education officials announced Thursday. School administrators must fill out forms including any new COVID-19 cases their schools were notified of the previous week, whether the cases were contracted on or […]
August 27, 2020 Children’s Health, the region’s leading pediatric provider, is teaming with UT Southwestern Medical Center to bring an outpatient clinic to RedBird Mall and expand treatment options for children in southern Dallas. The joint project is the first since UT Southwestern and Children’s formed a pediatric partnership last year, and it’s notable that […]
August 27, 2020 If your business relies on people sharing space in any way, these are uncertain times. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic immediately affected communal spaces like theaters, restaurants, and bars. But as the virus continues to spread through the community and companies extend the amount of time their employees are working from […]
August 27, 2020 After state officials this month disclosed hundreds of thousands of coronavirus tests had not been previously reported — a backlog that has distorted metrics used to gauge the toll of the pandemic — Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that the current data is “far more accurate than what we had last month.” […]
August 26, 2020 Waymo is putting some roots down in the Dallas area. The driverless company, the pioneering technology firm within Google-parent Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL), is setting up a hub in North Texas for its driverless trucking effort, a spokesperson said. For now, the team is working out of a temporary depot space in […]
August 26, 2020 More Texas bars could reopen as restaurants after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission voted to ease restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new rules approved by the TABC on Tuesday eliminate requirements that prevented many bars from reopening under Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 restrictions. The rules lift the requirement for an on-site […]