August 24, 2020 The EPA gave American Airlines approval Monday to use a disinfectant spray on planes in Texas intended to kill COVID-19 germs as air carriers continue to struggle to bring passengers back to flying. The Environmental Protection Agency said it is giving an emergency exemption for American Airlines to use a product in […]
August 24, 2020 Forget about New York and Los Angeles – Chicago, too. The hottest commercial real estate investment market in the country in the first half of 2020 was Dallas. That’s what Real Capital Analytics reports in its midyear U.S. Capital Trends study. “For the first time ever, Dallas ranked as the number one […]
August 24, 2020 Southwest Airlines has cut more than a third of all flights from its October schedule, scaling back plans for an aggressive recovery heading into the fall. Southwest trimmed 36% of its schedule for October with an update published last week. according to an analysis from Dallas-based Airline Data Inc. That includes nearly […]
August 23, 2020 John Olajide wants to “Uberize” home health care. The 39-year-old founder of Dallas-based Axxess Technology Solutions Inc. offers cloud-based technology services to help home health care companies manage their back-office operations, customer relations and electronic medical records. Now he’s building an international network of health care professionals his clients can send to […]
August 20, 2020 North Texans now have two more options for watching movies on the big screen as Alamo Drafthouse begins to reopen its locations across the region and a new drive-in theater, Rooftop Cinema Club, arrives in Uptown. Alamo Drafthouse is opening half its nationwide locations within the next two weeks. The Austin-based chain […]
August 21, 2020 Unemployed Texans could begin receiving $300 in extra weekly jobless payments as soon as next week, a Texas Workforce Commission spokesperson said, after the state received federal approval Friday of funding that President Donald Trump announced in early August. “We are anticipating to try to have that ready by next week so […]
August 21, 2020 Texas continues to pay an economic price for failing to contain the coronavirus. The state lost 12,300 private sector jobs from June to July, reversing gains from previous months, according to state and federal data released Friday. That downturn overshadowed a strong gain in government jobs, probably related to school hiring, and […]
August 18, 2020 Take a stroll through the restaurant park at Trinity Groves in West Dallas right now, and about half of the storefronts are closed. Business woes and the COVID-19 pandemic caused the shuttering of The Hall Bar & Grill, V-Eats Modern Vegan, Sushi Bayashi, Souk Kebab House, Amberjax Fish Market Grille and Off-Site […]
August 20, 2020 “Am I going to get sick?” “Is someone I love going to die?” “Is school dangerous?” As children head back to school this fall, many are asking questions that teachers may feel unprepared to answer. After all, kids’ concerns this fall are new, and in many cases, heavier than questions typically asked. […]
August 20, 2020 In partnership with Dallas County, PCCI, UTD, DISD, and Codeup, the City of Dallas is launching a student data challenge posed on a key question: “How is COVID affecting youth in Dallas?” The COVID-19 Data Challenge will have participants from 6th-12th grade work on a project using real virus data from Dallas […]