August 20, 2020 Uber is getting into the pharmaceutical delivery business with a pilot program that will include Dallas and Seattle, the company announced Thursday. Uber’s health arm is partnering with NimbleRx which bills itself as the leading prescription delivery service and offers next-day delivery to 70% of the population of the United States as […]
August 19, 2020 Dallas’s construction industry took a smaller hit as shelter-in-place regulations set in earlier in the year when measure against other big cities in the U.S., a new JLL report has found. During its worst week between March 1 and May 31, Dallas’s construction work volume fell by 6 percent, according to the […]
August 20, 2020 Before the coronavirus hit Texas earlier this year, Eric Silverstein celebrated one year of opening his newest restaurant, Bar Peached, in Austin. But ever since the pandemic led to business shutdowns and the public’s fear of catching the virus, business at Silverstein’s three restaurants has plunged. Sales fell dramatically in April during […]
August 20, 2020 In 9 of the 10 Texas counties with the most registered voters, almost 99% of nearly 199,000 votes cast by mail-in ballot during the July election were counted, and most that weren’t were rejected by election officials because they arrived too late, according to an analysis by The Texas Tribune. As the […]
August 19, 2020 County health authorities across Texas are still sorting through a backlog of previously unreported coronavirus test results, shaking some local officials’ confidence in the numbers and leaving them to wonder whether they missed chances to slow the illness. A statewide data dump led to giant daily case counts in some North Texas […]
August 19, 2020 It’s been 11 days since President Donald Trump issued an executive order that he said would add $400 to people’s unemployment checks to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic. But jobless Texans expecting the weekly benefit still don’t know if they will receive the money. Confusion over the payments has persisted as […]
August 19, 2020 In the face of rapid and unprecedented change due to COVID-19, Texas’ institutions of higher education are ready to play a pivotal role in the state’s challenging path toward economic recovery, said Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Harrison Keller during a virtual fireside chat at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s annual State […]
August 19, 2020 Alamo Drafthouse is ready to welcome back film fans in Dallas-Fort Worth months after the coronavirus pandemic forced nationwide theater shutdowns. The Austin-based theater chain announced Tuesday that it’s planning to reopen close to half of its 41 theaters nationwide in the next two weeks, including its six locations in North Texas. […]
August 19, 2020 Southwest Airlines said booking trends are improving modestly in August after the travel recovery stalled in July, contributing to the inconsistent recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that has the carrier adjusting schedules on a monthly basis. Dallas-based Southwest, which has already reduced capacity on planes through the end of October to draw […]
August 18, 2020 A $120 million runway enhancement project at DFW Airport is the beneficiary of a rare positive side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a decrease in air travel, the airport has been able to begin a planned repair project to Runway 18R/36L, which runs north-south on the west side of the […]