April 28, 2020 Movie theaters aren’t ready to make the leap that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recommended Monday when he outlined May 1 and May 18 phased reopenings for the state’s economy. Abbott said cinemas, retail, restaurants and malls can open Friday, but it’s voluntary. Cinemark said Tuesday that it’s sticking with its prior plans. […]
April 28, 2020 Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the U.S. economy entered a free fall, according to a poll released on Tuesday. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found in an online poll that for every 10 people […]
April 28, 2020 Southwest Airlines posted its first quarterly loss in nearly a decade and said Tuesday that the downturn in air travel that began in late February shows no signs of letting up. The airline said trip cancellations have pulled back from a peak in March but remain at levels that Southwest has never […]
April 27, 2020 American Airlines will require flight attendants to wear protective face masks starting May 1 as part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Fort Worth-based carrier said Monday it will also start distributing face masks and sanitizing wipes to customers boarding airplanes. It joins United Airlines, which said last […]
April 27, 2020 Big Thought and Dallas City of Learning announced today that they have launched an online learning hub featuring hundreds of free, quality educational programs for families to access while learning from home. Featured educational content partners include Boeing, the Perot Museum, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dallas ISD, and the […]
April 28, 2020 It is all but impossible to truly know where we stand in the fight against the coronavirus. Restrictive social distancing policies that have come at great economic cost clearly have helped lower infection rates across the country. In Dallas, we have not seen the surge in cases that officials rightly prepared for. […]
April 20, 2020 Work was progressing as usual in early March for Travis Stein ’01, co-owner of The Odee Company, a printing business in Dallas. The firm had just received final edits on a print project for the Frisco RoughRiders baseball franchise, and workers were set to print a run of 500,000 pocket schedules and […]
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday he will let his executive order requiring Texans to stay at home expire on Thursday and allow businesses such as malls, restaurants and movie theaters to reopen under certain conditions as soon as Friday. Here’s what you need to know. Here’s what you need to know about Gov. Greg Abbott’s […]
April 27, 2020 Governor Greg Abbott today announced the first phase of the State of Texas’ ongoing plan to safely and strategically open Texas while minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Under Phase I, certain services and activities are allowed to open with limited occupancy, and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is issuing […]
April 27, 2020 The business of corporate recruitment to North Texas has slowed in the COVID-19 era, but it’s still moving, according to the chief of relocations and expansions for the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce. The chamber is focusing more than ever on reaching out to its existing members and working to connect people […]