July 12, 2020 The fact that the STEAM Academy is finishing up its fourth annual day camp this week is a miracle of sorts and a tribute to the value of relationships. Just ask Hattie Hill. In mid-March, when the world as we knew it shut down, the CEO of the T.D. Jakes Foundation was […]
July 12, 2020 The Trump administration’s suspension of issuing new H-1B visas for specialized roles – such as professors, researchers and computer programmers – is likely to hurt Texas universities, professors, experts and students say. And, some say, the suspension likely won’t preserve jobs for U.S. workers as unemployment hovers at devastating levels during the […]
July 12, 2020 Last week, the Trump administration pulled back the welcome mat again. It warned international students they would be deported to their home countries if they took all their college classes remotely. The directive from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, shook up students and universities across the U.S., and […]
July 9, 2020 As Texas on Thursday set single-day records for deaths from coronavirus and how many people the disease has put in the hospital, Gov. Greg Abbott was bracing for even more bad news. “The numbers are going to look worse as we go into next week,” he told KRIV-TV in Houston late Thursday. […]
July 9, 2020 Paul Quinn College students will not return to the Dallas school’s campus this fall, President Michael Sorrell announced Thursday. That makes the university one of the first in Texas to move to online-only learning as most other colleges press forward with plans for at least some in-person classes. The loss of campus […]
July 9, 2020 Approximately 14 percent of Southwest Airlines employees have taken one of two leave options the company offered in an attempt to slash expenses. Julie Weber, vice president and chief people officer of Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV), shared the details with employees Thursday morning in a memo, a copy of which was […]
July 9, 2020 Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa isn’t sure that schools should be opening their doors in a little over a month. On Thursday, during an interview on MSNBC, Hinojosa said that he was starting to have “second thoughts” about schools reopening on Aug. 17, the Dallas Independent School District’s scheduled start date. He […]
July 9, 2020 This morning, I popped into a Downtown Dallas Inc. Zoom chat to hear what developer Ray Washburne has planned for the former Dallas Morning News headquarters. The daily moved out of its 1949 George Dahl-designed home back in 2017 when it moved into the 1955 George Dahl-designed former-Dallas Public Library building, adjacent […]
July 9, 2020 A local health care technology company just made a significant acquisition that expands its reach amid growing demand with COVID-19. Axxess has brought on California-based Note-e-Fied, according to John Olajide, CEO of the local firm launched more than decade ago. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new addition has about […]
July 9, 2020 For the second straight day, Dallas County is reporting a jump in emergency room visits related to COVID-19 Thursday along with 10 more deaths and 1,201 new confirmed cases of the infection. Dallas County officials said in a statement Thursday afternoon that “emergency room visits for COVID-19 like symptoms in Dallas County […]