June 18, 2020 Ashton Smith, a champion swimmer, decided to seek therapy last year after alleging that she experienced racism at the Special Olympics World Games. She began to attend in-person therapy. Talking through her experiences helped her cope. But in December, when it grew cold, she switched over to teletherapy, a service that her […]
June 17, 2020 Dallas County joined a growing number of local and state governments this week declaring racism a public health emergency. The five-member body on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Commissioner John Wiley Price, a Democrat who has long represented southern Dallas County. Price, known for decades as a provocateur, said the […]
June 18, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has steered the economy into the path of a recession. In Texas alone, the state’s unemployment rate set a new record, and more than 2.5 million people have filed for unemployment relief since mid-March. The week ending June 13, a total of 93,895 Texans filed initial applications for unemployment […]
June 18, 2020 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, but it was more than two years until the abolition of slavery was announced in Texas on June 19, 1865. A state holiday since 1980, Juneteenth now commemorates enslaved Americans’ eventual independence. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, some Dallas-Fort […]
June 18, 2020 North Texas construction activity is rebounding after a sharp downturn during the pandemic. Dallas is one of only two major metro areas where construction activity has already rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new survey by the Associated General Contractors of America. The construction industry trade group looked at major markets […]
June 18, 2020 Thursday marked the seventh consecutive day that Texas reported a record number of hospitalized coronavirus patients, with 2,947 people currently in hospitals being treated for COVID-19, according to data released Thursday by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The latest seven-day average for the number of people hospitalized is 2,468. Since […]
June 18, 2020 Texas students will be returning to public schools in person this fall, Gov. Greg Abbott told state lawmakers Thursday morning. The state’s top education officials confirmed the plans in a statement to The Texas Tribune. “It will be safe for Texas public school students, teachers, and staff to return to school campuses […]
June 17, 2020 Mark Cuban is ready to talk business — or whatever else his radio listeners want to discuss. The outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner will host specials on SiriusXM’s Business Radio on the next two Thursdays, speaking about business issues and answering questions from callers. ”Ask Me Anything with Mark Cuban” will air on […]
June 18, 2020 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) today announced a commitment of more than $1 billion to help end systemic racism and support economic empowerment of African Americans and low- and moderate-income communities. “We are living in one of the most important civil rights movements of our time. Each of us […]
June 18, 2020 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is forgoing $75 million in concessionaire rent in a bet its strategy will pay off when people start flying again en masse. Foot traffic has dramatically declined, and concessionaires at the airport are suffering. Nearly 70 percent of DFW Airport concessionaires have closed amid the COVID-19 downturn. […]