August 5, 2020 The Dallas Art Fair surprised no one on Wednesday afternoon by announcing that its 2020 edition, scheduled for April but postponed to October, will not be happening at all in 2020. Kelly Cornell, director of the international fair, issued a statement in which she said, “This has been an extremely difficult decision […]
August 5, 2020 While debate about how to safely reopen public schools in Texas raged through the summer, Kim Olstrup was preparing to bring students back to her Midcities Montessori private school in Bedford. She bought an electrostatic disinfection device similar to one used on airplanes and halved enrollment from about 130 students to about […]
August 4, 2020 For months, as Texans have been asked to stay home to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus, Jennifer Edwards has been doing the rounds at gas stations in a trio of counties near the Texas-Louisiana border. Volunteering as a census community organizer, the Tarleton State University professor reasoned that gas stations, […]
Imagine you are a recent high school graduate. No one in your family has graduated from college and no one around you speaks “college” to help you understand the complicated processes for enrolling, including financial aid, orientation and registration. Now add COVID-19, which requires you, your high school and your colleges of interest to figure […]
August 5, 2020 One of the nation’s biggest telemedicine providers will spend more than $18 billion to stoke an approach to care that grew explosively during the pandemic and recently received an endorsement from President Donald Trump. Teladoc Health Inc. plans to dive deep into managing the health of patients with diabetes and high blood […]
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson calls for probe into coronavirus testing contract after News investigation
August 5, 2020 Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Wednesday asked the city’s auditor to investigate how a Washington-based company won a $14 million contract to run a coronavirus testing site through an emergency bidding process. The call comes after a Dallas Morning News report that highlighted potential red flags in the company’s track record. The […]
Mbroh Engineering, a Dallas-based engineering design, consulting and professional services firm, made a $50,000 gift for Comets Giving Day that will have a major impact on future generations of UT Dallas students. The company’s gift will create the first endowed scholarship for the University’s Diversity Scholars Program while also supporting the UT Dallas chapter of […]
A series of budget town hall meetings are scheduled throughout the month of August as Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax presents the proposed Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget. These meetings are designed for Dallas residents to weigh in on how their tax dollars are spent and provide valuable guidance for the City Manager and City Council. […]
August 5, 2020 Clear plexiglass shields have been installed in some places in the Texas Capitol, like the big room where the House Appropriations Committee writes budgets. Lawmakers who write the state’s budget will have the same protection from their colleagues and staffers that up to now has been used mostly to shield buffet salads […]
August 4, 2020 We are now deep enough into the work-from-home experiment that, beyond speculation, we have data about what happens when we work remotely en masse – what we gain and what we lose when we are out of the office. Researchers from Harvard University have conducted two studies, one tracking the emails and […]