June 22, 2020 Tarrant County small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for grants funded by the CARES Act, the federal coronavirus relief package. Tarrant County has dedicated about $30 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to its small business assistance grant program. Businesses with 25 or fewer full-time employees that had […]
June 22, 2020 While a plurality of North Texans believe coronavirus-driven business closures are the most important issue facing the region, most consumers are personally wary about venturing back out to shop and work again, according to a new poll. Almost two-thirds of adults in the Dallas-Fort Worth area think it’s a risk to their […]
June 19, 2020 Comerica Bank will commit $1 million over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership to develop and launch a new access to capital initiative that will assist Black businesses across the country, the Dallas-based bank announced today. Called the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), the program […]
June 17, 2020 Over a third of Americans think they’ll need more education if they lose their job as a result of the ongoing pandemic, with Black Americans and Latinos more likely than white Americans to have been laid off, according to research conducted by Strada Education Network. But, a new $3 million scholarship fund […]
June 22, 2020 Data models show a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations may hit North Texas before the Fourth of July weekend, UT Southwestern infectious disease experts say. According to the models, which used patient data from Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties to depict the spread of COVID-19, the percentage of COVID-19 tests […]
June 19, 2020 Just like Major League Baseball, the fashion industry is scrambling to salvage a season. Next week, the 5-million-square-foot Dallas Market Center just northwest of downtown Dallas will host its first wholesale market of the pandemic era. The apparel and accessories show, which is June 23-26, is expected to draw a couple thousand […]
June 22, 2020 American Airlines wants another $3.5 billion to deal with financial problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fort Worth-based American Airlines said it will offer $750 million worth of shares to the public, along with $2.75 billion worth of private debt. The airline said it will use part of the money it raises […]
June 19, 2020 Work is changing, and Dallas may, too. The scramble to shift jobs at the beginning of COVID-19 has given way to a kind of normalcy, and now employers may give that more permanence. Dallas is in the middle of that trend. Last month, Facebook, among the largest players in the Silicon Valley, […]
June 22, 2020 With cases of the new coronavirus on the rise statewide and nationally, Gov. Greg Abbott will provide the latest on Texas’ response to the outbreak during a press conference Monday in Austin. The updates will follow a weekend of record-setting coronavirus figures in the state. On Sunday, Texas reported its 10th consecutive […]
June 22, 2020 When the coronavirus threat was newer and seemed more immediate, Texas postponed its May elections to pick winners in several party primary runoffs, fearing the health risks of exposing voters and poll workers. With those statewide elections about to take place, the health risks voters face are now arguably greater than when […]