August 25, 2020 Many people across the country are suffering from inaccessible internet access due to cost or residing in rural areas that have poor service. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was an occurrence and now it is even more strenuous to those relying on their phone data plans to fulfill work and school-related […]
August 25, 2020 The Office of Innovation has launched a student data challenge in partnership with Dallas County, PCCI, UTD, DISD and others to help young people assess and analyze COVID-19 data. The COVID-19 Data Challenge is open to students who live in the Dallas – Fort Worth area in grades 6 through 12. Students […]
August 25, 2020 Although Dallas Startup Week 2020 will look different this year after its initial postponement in March and decision to go completely virtual in July, the sixth annual event looks to be bigger than ever. The DEC Network will still host its annual State of Entrepreneurship gathering, complete with an awards ceremony. The […]
August 25, 2020 Holly Reed has moved on from her role as managing director of External Affairs at Dallas-based Texas Central. She has been hired by global tax services and software provider Ryan as a principal and new practice leader of the firm’s U.S. Advocacy Services practice. Dallas-headquartered Ryan is known as the largest firm […]
August 25, 2020 Coronavirus-devastated American Airlines will furlough 17,500 union workers in October even after more than 23,000 employees took voluntary leaves and buyouts. Fort Worth-based American, which has cut back its fourth-quarter flights by 50%, said coming weeks and months will be some of “the most difficult we have ever faced” The airline also […]
August 25, 2020 Dallas-Fort Worth closed out 2019 with robust economic growth and held its rankings as the top metro area in the U.S. for job growth and destination for corporate moves and expansions. In 2019, McKesson and Core-Mark moved their Fortune 500 HQs to the Dallas region. The moves brought the region’s total to […]
August 25, 2020 The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission approved rules Aug. 25 intended to make it easier for bars to legally operate as restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic. The state agency greatly expanded rules that had already offered a limited lifeline for some bars to temporarily reclassify themselves and generate a sliver of sales during […]
August 25, 2020 Get ready for watching some football in person because Jerry Jones says you’re going to be able to this fall. The owner of the Dallas Cowboys said Tuesday morning that he has been given the green light by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to have fans in attendance at AT&T Stadium this season […]
August 25, 2020 Mental health conditions impact one in six children, and that number may increase during a community crisis such as the current Covid-19 pandemic. With that in mind, Dallas ISD is ramping up efforts to provide mental health services and focus on social and emotional learning when the school year virtually starts on […]
August 24, 2020 The Baylor Scott & White Research Institute enrolled the world’s first patient in a new COVID-19 treatment in early August, becoming one of several facilities running National Institutes of Health clinical trials to treat the coronavirus. The research is the first in the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) program, created in a partnership between the […]