May 11, 2021 The race is on to vaccinate eligible school-age children in Dallas County before summer starts as federal officials are poised to expand COVID-19 shot access to kids as young as 12 this week. Dallas County plans to open its Fair Park site to children ages 12 to 15 – accompanied by a […]
May 11, 2021 Texas colleges and universities will get an additional $2 billion in the latest round of federal coronavirus stimulus funding – half of which must be used for financial grants to students struggling due to the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday. The federal government also announced undocumented and international students […]
May 10, 2021 The Food and Drug Administration expanded its emergency use authorization on Monday to allow Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to be given to anyone between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. The vaccine had previously been approved for use in anyone 16 and older. The FDA’s authorization is not the final say […]
May 10, 2021 The state, cities and counties of Texas will soon receive a $25 billion bonanza under the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief law signed by President Joe Biden in March. The Treasury Department issued details Monday of the $350 billion set aside for state and local governments under the massive package, approved by Congress […]
May 10, 2021 North Texas is getting more attention for companies needing tech help. The Dallas area took the No. 3 ranking among U.S. metros in April based on the number of IT job postings, according to an analysis by CompTIA of data from Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights. That matches where the region landed […]
May 9, 2021 Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 1 in the nation in raw population growth as of July 1, 2020, compared to the year prior, and two other Texas metro areas landed in the Top 4. If you do the math, Dallas-Fort Worth added an average of 328 people every day, consisting of 205 net […]
May 9, 2021 In the early months of the vaccination campaign, Internet access was essential to the search for a vaccination appointment. But given that more than 14 million people in the U.S. lack reliable access to high speed Internet, technology has been a barrier for some Americans. To help overcome this digital divide, the […]
May 7, 2021 If you’re searching for the reason North Texas has a severe housing shortage, look no further than just-released census numbers. The Dallas-Fort Worth area led the country in 2020 population growth – which includes births and in-migration. The area added almost 120,000 residents, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census. […]
May 6, 2021 To a crowd full of local entrepreneurs, creatives, and business leaders at the Dallas Entrepreneur Center’s annual State of Entrepreneurship, Mayor Eric Johnson put out a rallying cry for what the future of innovation might look like in Dallas: “We haven’t even scratched the surface of what we’re capable of.” As the […]
April 29, 2021 The Girls Scouts of Northeast Texas are pretty much known for their cookie sales and their STEM programs. But they’re adding a new stitch to their tapestry of skills – money management skills. Despite the pandemic’s throwing traditional programs into disarray, the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas and Comerica Bank “launched a […]