The Mayor’s Disaster Relief Fund will award $25,000 grants to 11 nonprofit institutions for their COVID-19 response efforts. The organizations receiving shares of the total of $275,000 in grants were selected by the Fund’s advisory committee based on six priority areas identified by Mayor Johnson. Award Criteria Public safety and domestic violence services Workforce development […]
The City of Dallas, DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas, the United Way, and other nonprofits are partnering to help residents financially impacted by COVID-19. The CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund Emergency (CRF) Short Term Rental Assistance Program will be financed by the City’s Department of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization and Office of Community Care. […]
August 7, 2020 Public schools in Texas are getting ready to open. That might be the most important thing on the Texas political calendar this year. In some districts, like Collin County’s Celina ISD, high school football players have already reported for the annual agony of August two-a-day workouts. Classes there and in some other […]
August 7, 2020 On the first day of her vacation in late June, Melanie Bentley lost her job as an administrative assistant, one of several employees let go from the Tomás Rivera Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her belongings would be packed up, she was told by an administrator on the […]
August 7, 2020 Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott moved to block local health authorities from shutting down classrooms before the school year has started. Since then, he has repeatedly said he is trusting local school leaders to decide whether and how to bring students back to classrooms this fall. Those actions have left local officials […]
August 7, 2020 U.S. employers added 1.8 million jobs last month, as the unemployment rate dipped to 10.2%. The pace of hiring slowed from June, when employers added a record 4.8 million jobs. That suggests a long road back to full employment for the tens of millions of people who have been laid off during […]
August 6, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott is urging Texans to get flu vaccines early this season. He’s warning about a double whammy of flu and COVID-19. Speaking in Dallas on Thursday, Abbott said COVID-19 is still a dangerous threat – and that combining COVID with a bad flu season would be terrible for the healthcare […]
August 6, 2020 The Mayor’s Disaster Relief Fund has awarded $25,000 in grants to 11 nonprofits, including Bachman Lake Together, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, and Interfaith Family Services. According to a statement from the Mayor’s Office, the funds were awarded based on six priorities identified by Mayor Eric Johnson: Public safety and domestic violence services […]
August 6, 2020 American Airlines is suspending service from DFW International Airport to Canada’s three biggest cities amid continuing travel restrictions between the North American neighbors. Fort Worth-based American has dropped flights from DFW International Airport to Vancouver until January and has suspended flights to Toronto and Montreal until October. American Airlines spokeswoman Nichelle Tait […]
August 7, 2020 The Dallas City Manager released the 2020-2021 fiscal year budget this afternoon, and at first glance, the city’s financial plan for the coming year appears to perform a delicate balancing act between managing the difficult realities of an economic downturn and responding to calls to reinvent the way the city funds public […]